Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Layogenic Good looking from a distance Tagalog visual
Tizita (ትዝታ) A bittersweet remembrance and longing for a time, person, thing gone by. Amharic time thinking
Numinous Describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted - the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed an inspired English beauty emotion
Nutro (Нутро) Something that governs your inner being; your core Russian strength character
Cynefin A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming Welsh nature feeling
Jootha Food eaten by someone and left in the plate Hindi food
Trasnochar To stay up all night Spanish life time event
Age-otori The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut Japanese adverse event feeling
En plein air Outdoors; in the open air. French nature physical
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee A way to declare your hope that your loved one will outlive you because of how unbearable it would be to live without them. Arabic love time strength
Kuleana Self-imposed responsibility, duty, service Hawaiian strength character
Metanoia The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life English growth change
Greng-jai The feeling of not wanting to impose Thai feeling society
Voetstoots A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees Afrikaans action
Bào fù xìng āo yè (報復性熬夜) Revenge bedtime procrastination Chinese emotion
Angrillen Beginning the grilling season German food event
Pålägg Anything that you can put in a sandwich Swedish food attribute
Vemödalen The fear that everything has already been done. For example: the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist. English philosophy awareness art
Calacala Children wading through water as they play Tulu family physical nature
Bon vivant Someone who enjoys and appreciates the good life. French positive happiness
Ser/Estar The verb 'to be' is two different verbs in Spanish. Ser is 'what you are' and estar is 'how you are/where you are' Spanish attribute
Kairosclerosis A moment in which you realize that you're happy but simultaneously destroy that happiness by overthinking it English happiness reflection change
Paavam Someone who is innocent, naive, not well-versed with ways of the world Malayalam attribute
L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) Lit. ‘to life’. Hebrew life
Mecnun "madly in love" to the point of actual mental instability Turkish love emotion
Janteloven Jante’s law; a set of social codes or norms that emphasize the importance of collective success rather than individual Norwegian society positive interaction
Resol That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. Mallorquín nature
Vorfreude The joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures German time awareness happiness
Niksen Sitting down and do nothing at all, thinking of nothing at all Dutch feeling awareness
Mimoso Said of something that enjoys being pampered or shown affection Spanish attribute love




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