Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
Tartle | The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name | Scottish | funny event friends | |
Wegbier | A beer you're having on your way somewhere (i.e. a party) | German | friends event food | |
Durcheinander | Complete mess; screwed up beyond all recognition | German | adverse | |
Gezelligheid | Coziness, fun, the general togetherness that gives people a warm feeling. | Dutch | friends society positive | |
Bildung | education, formation, acculturation, cultivation, development. | German | cultural | |
Abhisar (অভিসার) | Lit. 'going towards'; a meeting (often secret) between lovers / partners. | Bengali | love event | |
Nepenthe | Something that helps you forget grief or suffering | Greek | growth strength | |
Baadastoor | Unaltered, or unchanged, for something that is habitual | Urdu | change habits | |
Cafuné | Tenderly running your fingers through your lover's hair | Portuguese | love | |
Seny | Common sense, is a form of ancestral Catalan wisdom or sensibleness. It involves well-pondered perception of situations, level-headedness, awareness, integrity, and right action | Catalan | positive character | |
Ukiyo | The floating world - living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life | Japanese | creative visual art | |
Maktub | "Everything is destined and written" | Arabic | philosophy fate | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
Frostbeule | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feels cold. ("frost bite") | German | attribute friends | |
Lepos | Charm, grace, wit, elegance, allure. | Latin | positive attribute | |
Oodal | Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel | Tamil | love event feeling | |
Pena ajena | "I feel embarrassed for you" | Spanish | emotion attribute | |
Zechpreller | Someone who leaves without paying the bill. | German | adverse event friends | |
Tsundoku | Acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them | Japanese | adverse | |
Chandamama (చందమామ) | Literally "uncle moon"; referring to the moon when admiring it | Telugu | nature beauty | |
Rauxa | Sudden determination or action; rapture | Catalan | action strength | |
Strikhedonia | The joy of being able to say "to hell with it" | English | positive | |
Faamiti | The sound made by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child | Samoan | sound | |
Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
Vybafnout | To jump out and say "boo" | Czech | action funny surprise | |
Aesthete | Someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature | English | art beauty | |
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 | |
Lachesism | The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire | English | thinking life fate | |
Te quiero | Similar to "I love you" in a lower level, something that you say to someone and maybe someday it will be "love". For example, It's used with close co workers or in the classroom. | Spanish | feeling |
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