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
Wasuremono Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. Japanese adverse habits
Mágoa A heart-breaking feeling that leaves long-lasting traces, visible in gestures and facial expressions Portuguese adverse emotion
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
Verpeilt Regularly forgetting things and not being in the present moment enough to organize your life properly German adverse awareness
poshlost (пошлость) Used to describe situations where things are being sold under the premise "that the greatest joy can be bought" Russian adverse extreme
Koshatnik A dealer in stolen cats Russian adverse character work
Didis To search and pick up lice from one's own hair, usually when in bed at night Indonesian physical adverse
Jaksaa A lack of enthusiasm to do something Finnish adverse habits
Myötähäpeä Secondhand embarrassment Finnish adverse feeling
Charmolypi "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. Greek happiness adverse philosophy
Chingada An imaginary, horrible place where you send all those who annoy you Spanish funny adverse character
Aimonomia Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something English adverse feeling thinking
Fuchsteufelswütend Literal: 'Fox devil angry'; steaming with rage German adverse stress emotion
Hammajang "All messed up" Hawaiian adverse
Obhimaan (অভিমান ) Anger, or something close to it, at being upset with a loved one. Abhiman is not anger or sorrow. It is a temporary expression of a feeling about a loved one that he or she is supposed to address. Bengali adverse feeling
Zgabalj Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined Serbian adverse society
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
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
Schadenfreude Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. German feeling adverse
Zapoi 2+ days of drunkenness usually involving a journey or waking up in an unexpected place Russian funny adverse habits
Sayang Describes when you've wasted an opportunity Tagalog adverse reflection
Unglücksrabe An unlucky person (literally: Raven with bad luck) German luck adverse
Zechpreller A person who leaves a restaurant without paying German adverse action food




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