Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Aimonomia Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something English adverse feeling thinking
Avspasere To take a day (or more) off from work (e.g., because one has previously worked overtime and has built up credit). Norwegian society time
Verklempt Completely overcome with emotion Yiddish emotion
Onism The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits just one place at a time. English awareness reflection thinking
Titip To temporarily entrust something to a person Indonesian trust
Dépaysement The feeling of being in an environment that you are not used to French feeling awareness change
Hüzün Originally pain and sorrow over a loss, but also can mean melancholy associated with a sense of failure in life and a gloomy feeling that things will likely get worse. Turkish adverse emotion
Nuchshlepper Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on Yiddish awareness adverse persistence
Philia "highest form of love"; deep love between friends, brotherly love Greek love friends
Age-otori The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut Japanese adverse event feeling
Wasuremono Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. Japanese adverse habits
Xíng qì (行氣) Volitionally (e.g., mentally) circulating or directing qi. Chinese growth awareness strength
Jaksaa A lack of enthusiasm to do something Finnish adverse habits
Moledro A feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet, who may have lived centuries ago and thousands of miles away English awareness connection
Lebensmüde Weary of life German adverse life stress
Yokomeshi Literal: "meal eaten sideways"; the stress caused by speaking a foreign language Japanese stress feeling awareness
Tinga Particles of food left between teeth Tagalog food physical
Otium The condition of being in control of one’s own time; leisure, free-time; ease, peace. Latin growth time habits
Wú jí (無極) Lit. without highest point, utmost point, ridgepole; ultimate, boundless, limitless; the primodial universe; original nature. Chinese measurement
Nadryv (Надрыв) Literally means "to tear or break", but can also mean the inner tension of someone who is about to break Russian stress emotion
Vorführeffekt When you try to give some evidence in public that something works (or doesn't work), but you fail because the opposite happens. German funny event
Enxebre Something pure and very authentic Galician positive attribute
Aeipathy A continued passion; an unyielding disease English persistence
Dor The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love Romanian love adverse
Umay Gettiing tired of a certain food Tagalog food
Gluggaveður "Window Weather" i.e. weather that is nice to look at through a window but not nice to be out in Icelandic weather visual
Hoppilandkalle Guy who jumps to dry land to moor a boat Swedish action
Schnapsidee An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober German thinking change
Pekopeko Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner Japanese physical action
Mamihlapinatapai A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin Yaghan love feeling




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