Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Waldeinsamkeit | The feeling of solitude in the woods | German | nature beauty | |
Solkatt | The glimmer that reflects the sunshine off a wristwatch | Swedish | physical beauty | |
Commuovere | "Heartwarming,” but specifically refers to a story that moved you to tears | Italian | beauty interaction emotion | |
Достолепие (dostolepiye) | Contains the roots for dosta (a lot) and lepota (beautiful) from Old Bulgarian language. The word literally means full of beauty but it is more like a combination of noble, full of values, beautiful and brave for man and femininity for women. It is very typical to use this word in context of old traditional photos of people where one appreciate the beauty of the past. | Bulgarian | beauty | |
Numinous | Describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted - the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed an inspired | English | beauty emotion | |
Chrysalism | An amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm. | English | nature beauty | |
Offing | The deep, distant stretch of the ocean that is still visible from the land; the foreseeable future | English | nature beauty | |
Psithurism | The sound of wind through trees | English | nature beauty | |
Vozdukh (Воздух) | "Air" but also "the stack of spirit". To breathe in is to "take the spirit inside". | Russian | beauty physical | |
Eesome | Pleasing to the eye | English | beauty | |
Abendrot | The colour of the sky when the sun is setting | German | nature beauty | |
Mahj | Looking beautiful after having a disease | Persian | beauty change | |
Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
Kintsukuroi | To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. | Japanese | beauty change | |
Chaval al hazman (חבל אל הזמן) | Literally "shame on time"; referring to an amazing experience that you don't want to end | Hebrew | beauty happiness time | |
Aesthete | Someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature | English | art beauty | |
Eunoia (εὔνοια) | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty thinking | |
Yakamoz | The reflection of moonlight or other lights on water | Turkish | nature beauty | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Recherché | Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. | French | beauty attribute | |
Rudenėja | The transition from summer to fall, used to describe all the processes during the change of the seasons, for example leaves changing the colour, constant rain, etc. | Lithuanian | beauty change | |
Livsnjutare | Someone who loves life deeply | Swedish | love life beauty | |
Gökotta | To rise at dawn in order to go out and listen to the birds sing | Swedish | nature beauty | |
Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
Serendipity | The development of events by chance that result in a beneficial way | Tamil | event beauty life |
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