Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
S’encoubler To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something French physical event adverse
Wasuremono Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. Japanese adverse habits
Zgabalj Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined Serbian adverse society
Bwisit Something/someone ruined your day or mood Tagalog emotion adverse
Weichei Literal: "soft egg"; someone who is weak or cowardly German adverse attribute
Engili (ఎంగిలి) Having contacted another's mouth directly or indirectly via hand or utensil that is not fit for consumption. Telugu adverse food
Kuebiko A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence Japanese adverse feeling
Desvelarse To wake up in the middle of the night. Be unable to fall asleep. Spanish event adverse
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
moņ (моң) Sadness; melody; lyricism Bashkir adverse music
Zažitjsja (зажиться) To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead Russian death adverse
Extrawurst Someone who is slowing things down by being fussy, making everything more complicated than necessary German stress adverse action
Handschuhschneeballwerfer A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance German adverse attribute interaction
Durcheinander Complete mess; screwed up beyond all recognition German adverse
Wintercearig Literally "winter sorrow"; a feeling of deep sadness related to the cold, still, dark nature of winter English weather emotion adverse
Erinmek Not doing something you have to do just because you don’t want to; being a prick Nogay adverse
uḷaṟu (உளறு) To say something that should not be or to say somethng nonsensical or unrelated Tamil awareness adverse
Avoir la molle A listless unwillingness to do any work French adverse
Weltschmerz Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") German adverse society
Efkar The boredom of the soul. A lovely moment, that you need to be so happy, but instead you feel with a deep sorrow. Turkish feeling adverse
Altschmerz Weariness with the same old issues that you've always had - the same boring flaws and anxieties that you've been gnawing for years. German adverse growth attribute
Toska (тоска) At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. Russian adverse philosophy
Tampo Behaviour in which a person withdraws his or her affection or cheerfulness from a person who has hurt his or her feelings; when you're disappointed with someone yet do not express it directly Tagalog adverse emotion
Aka'aka'a Skin peeling or falling off after either sunburn or heavy drinking Hawaiian physical adverse
Tenyérbemászó Literally "palm crawler"; a face begging to be punched Hungarian funny adverse




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