Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Eunoirophrenia The peace of mind that comes with having pleasant dreams. Greek feeling positive
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
Nostalgie de la boue A yearning for degradation, depravity, or other crude/base aspects of life, literally "a yearning for mud" French feeling
Nementia Feeling nervous or anxious in your own skin English feeling adverse
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
Vellichor The strange wistfulness of used bookshops English feeling
Ennui A feeling of being bored and mentally tired caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do English adverse feeling
La douleur exquise The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have French feeling awareness love
Arbejdsglæde Literally "work happiness"; the feeling of happiness provoked by a satisfying job Danish work happiness feeling
Oneirataxia The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality English awareness feeling
Tokimeku A sudden flutter in your heart, or that feeling of inspiration if you’re anticipating something Japanese feeling exciting
Drachenfutter A gift to your significant other as a form of apology German love feeling
Age-otori The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut Japanese adverse event 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
Aspaldiko! Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. Basque surprise feeling
Schadenfreude Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. German feeling adverse
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
Duende The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person Spanish art feeling emotion
Aimonomia Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something English adverse feeling thinking
Yaqin (يقين) Certitude and freedom from doubt. Arabic feeling awareness
Hatsuyume The first dream one has in the new year; thought to be an omen Japanese feeling
Hiraeth A deep longing for home Welsh reflection feeling
Töörõõm work fun': finding the simple joys in everyday tasks. Estonian work feeling
Kinkartvyavimudh Helplessness due to being duty-bound Hindi feeling
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




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