Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Aka'aka'a Skin peeling or falling off after either sunburn or heavy drinking Hawaiian physical adverse
Verschlimmbesserung An attempt at improvement that makes things worse than they already were German adverse
Durcheinander Complete mess; screwed up beyond all recognition German adverse
Wú (無) Negative, void, nothingness, non-being; can imply 'neither yes nor no'. Chinese adverse
Attaccabottone Something that you long to get away from but struggle to Italian adverse
S’encoubler To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something French physical event adverse
Zažitjsja (зажиться) To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead Russian death adverse
Strohwitwer "Grass widower"; a man whose partner or wife has left him alone. German family adverse
Zechpreller Someone who leaves without paying the bill. German adverse event friends
Dhakkann "The shroud of clouds concealed the sun." Someone too naive to see the truth in things, also used in a derogatory way Hindi adverse awareness
Age-otori The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut Japanese adverse event feeling
Sokaiya A man with a few shares in several companies who extorts money by threatening to come to the shareholders' meetings and cause trouble Japanese adverse
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
Vaitherichal The feeling that you get when someone has something that you lack, however you are not jealous, yet instead feel as though they should not possess that because you don't Tamil adverse thinking
Kummerspeck Weight you gain because you're unhappy ("sorrow bacon") German food adverse habits
Dor The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love Romanian love adverse
Sielvartas Literal translation as “soul tumbling” used as grief or resentment Lithuanian adverse thinking emotion
Lus Desire, craving; greed; fancy, cupidity; inclination, tendency. Afrikaans adverse
Handschuhschneeballwerfer A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance German adverse attribute interaction
Ngaobera A slight inflammation of the throat caused by screaming too much Pascuense adverse action health
Desvelarse To wake up in the middle of the night. Be unable to fall asleep. Spanish event adverse
Fucha To use company time and resources for one's own purposes Portuguese work adverse
Fremdschämen To be embarrassed by something somebody else did German society thinking adverse
Empalagoso Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. Spanish food adverse change
Frustfressen Excessive eating because of frustration German food adverse habits




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