Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Hygge | A quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. | Danish | life feeling | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) | Lit. ‘to life’. | Hebrew | life | |
Ramé | Something that is both chaotic and joyful at the same time | Indonesian | life attribute | |
Serendipity | The development of events by chance that result in a beneficial way | Tamil | event beauty life | |
Lachesism | The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire | English | thinking life fate | |
Lebensmüde | Weary of life | German | adverse life stress | |
Jafjafa (جفجفة) | The sound of new clothes. | Arabic | attribute life | |
Nodus tollens | The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. | English | philosophy awareness life | |
Livsnjutare | Someone who loves life deeply | Swedish | love life beauty | |
Ohrwurm | A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") | German | life music | |
Uitwaaien | To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather | Dutch | nature life beauty | |
Levensgenieter | Someone who loves life deeply; is devoted | Dutch | life happiness positive | |
Jijivisha | The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living | Hindi | philosophy life awareness | |
Trasnochar | To stay up all night | Spanish | life time event | |
Trepverter | A witty comeback you think of only when it’s too late to use | Yiddish | funny life | |
desenrascanço | the ability to find improvised solutions to problems | Portuguese | strength attribute life | |
Sphallolalia | Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere. | English | love life | |
Pole | Sorry; can also express empathy and understanding. | Swahili | thinking life | |
Jugaad (जुगाड) | the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. | Hindi | life | |
Wei-wu-wei | "Action without action" or effortless doing; conscious non-action; the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason. | Chinese | action life | |
Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
Egyszer volt budán kutyavásár | Literal: "there was a dog-market in Buda only once"; translates to essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity | Hungarian | life fate exciting | |
Estrenar | The experience of wearing something for the first time | Spanish | life | |
Onsay | Pretend to love | Boro | life |
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