Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Fingerspitzengefühl | Literal: “finger tips feeling", but means an intuitive feel or to have one's finger on the pulse | German | feeling | |
Empalagada | How you feel after having something too sweet | Spanish | food feeling | |
Aspaldiko! | Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. | Basque | surprise feeling | |
Mamihlapinatapai | A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin | Yaghan | love feeling | |
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 | |
Aimonomia | Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something | English | adverse feeling thinking | |
Voorpret | That feeling of excitement you get even before an event actually takes place. Literally translates to “pre-fun.” | Dutch | happiness feeling exciting | |
Ennui | A feeling of being bored and mentally tired caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do | English | adverse feeling | |
Kuebiko | A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence | Japanese | adverse feeling | |
Kokoro | A unity of mind and heart. | Japanese | awareness 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 | |
Gezellig | A warm feeling of cozyness, but also have good times with friends af a party. | Dutch | feeling positive | |
Dépayser | Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). | French | change feeling | |
Morriña | Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home | Galician | feeling awareness life | |
Tokimeki ときめき | Excitement; Feeling of bliss or joy from a discrete experience | Japanese | emotion feeling happiness | |
Kinkartvyavimudh | Helplessness due to being duty-bound | Hindi | feeling | |
Arbejdsglæde | Literally "work happiness"; the feeling of happiness provoked by a satisfying job | Danish | work happiness feeling | |
Schadenfreude | Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. | German | feeling adverse | |
Gogo | It can mean desire, want, spirit or soul, but mainly it's a concept that explains the will of the soul. | Basque | feeling | |
Iktsuarpok | The feeling of anticipation that leads you to keep looking outside to see if anyone is coming. | Inuktitut | awareness persistence feeling | |
Vellichor | The strange wistfulness of used bookshops | English | feeling | |
Kilig | It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs; butterflies. | Tagalog | feeling love connection | |
Drachenfutter | A gift to your significant other as a form of apology | German | love feeling | |
Hatsuyume | The first dream one has in the new year; thought to be an omen | Japanese | 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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