Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
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
Dépayser Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). French change feeling
Gezellig A warm feeling of cozyness, but also have good times with friends af a party. Dutch feeling positive
Sankocha The feeling of embarrassment due to receiving an inordinate or extravagent gift/favor, making you feel as though you need to return a favor that you can't Kannada feeling
Aspaldiko! Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. Basque surprise feeling
La douleur exquise The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have French feeling awareness love
Goesting Looking forward to, can't wait, have an appetite for Dutch positive feeling
Morriña Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home Galician feeling awareness life
Voorpret That feeling of excitement you get even before an event actually takes place. Literally translates to “pre-fun.” Dutch happiness feeling exciting
Sensizlik the state and the concept of being without you, not having you Turkish feeling love
Tokimeki ときめき Excitement; Feeling of bliss or joy from a discrete experience Japanese emotion feeling happiness
Oodal Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel Tamil love event feeling
Nakakapag pabagabag Something that brings about excessive anxiety or restlessness for a period of time; something that is making you nervous Tagalog stress feeling awareness
Te quiero Similar to "I love you" in a lower level, something that you say to someone and maybe someday it will be "love". For example, It's used with close co workers or in the classroom. Spanish feeling
Spleen Melancholy without apparent cause French feeling
Gogo It can mean desire, want, spirit or soul, but mainly it's a concept that explains the will of the soul. Basque feeling
Duende The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person Spanish art feeling emotion
Kilig It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs; butterflies. Tagalog feeling love connection
Oneirataxia The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality English awareness feeling
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
Fingerspitzengefühl Literal: “finger tips feeling", but means an intuitive feel or to have one's finger on the pulse German feeling
Schadenfreude Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. German feeling adverse
Forelsket The euphoria you feel when you're first falling in love. Norwegian love feeling change
Nostalgie de la boue A yearning for degradation, depravity, or other crude/base aspects of life, literally "a yearning for mud" French feeling
Innerer Schweinehund Literal: 'Inner pig dog'; the lazy voice in your head. It symbolizes the part of you that doesn’t want to go jogging, that prefers staying at home with chocolate and pizza and is just generally lazy. German feeling life health




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