Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
moņ (моң) Sadness; melody; lyricism Bashkir adverse music
Zechpreller Someone who leaves without paying the bill. German adverse event friends
Handschuhschneeballwerfer A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance German adverse attribute interaction
S’encoubler To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something French physical event adverse
Vergüenza ajena Shame or embarrassment felt as a result of the actions of others Spanish adverse feeling
Lus Desire, craving; greed; fancy, cupidity; inclination, tendency. Afrikaans adverse
Zgabalj Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined Serbian adverse society
Fremdschämen To be embarrassed by something somebody else did German society thinking adverse
Toska (тоска) At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. Russian adverse philosophy
Weemoed Lit. sadness, woe (wee) courage, daring, mood (moed); soft mood; light melancholy; having the strength to overcome a feeling of sorrow (e.g., arising in relation to nostalgia). Dutch adverse growth
Frustfressen Excessive eating because of frustration German food adverse habits
Ennui A feeling of being bored and mentally tired caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do English adverse feeling
Wintercearig Literally "winter sorrow"; a feeling of deep sadness related to the cold, still, dark nature of winter English weather emotion adverse
Chingada An imaginary, horrible place where you send all those who annoy you Spanish funny adverse character
poshlost (пошлость) Used to describe situations where things are being sold under the premise "that the greatest joy can be bought" Russian adverse extreme
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
Nementia Feeling nervous or anxious in your own skin English feeling adverse
Schadenfreude Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. German feeling adverse
Kummerspeck Weight you gain because you're unhappy ("sorrow bacon") German food adverse habits
Han Sorrow, regret, grief, resentment, "a dull ache of the soul", yet passive and not revenge seeking; waiting for the injustice to be righted Korean society persistence adverse
Durcheinander Complete mess; screwed up beyond all recognition German adverse
Nuchshlepper Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on Yiddish awareness adverse persistence
Rabenmutter A bad mom ("raven mother") German family society adverse
Erinmek Not doing something you have to do just because you don’t want to; being a prick Nogay adverse
kataṟu (கதறு) Helplessly shaking and crying Tamil action adverse




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