Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Verschlimmbesserung | An attempt at improvement that makes things worse than they already were | German | adverse | |
Fuchsteufelswütend | Literal: 'Fox devil angry'; steaming with rage | German | adverse stress emotion | |
Neko-neko | Someone that has a novel idea that only makes things worse | Indonesian | funny creative | |
Ubuntu | A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. | Zulu | beauty character awareness | |
Zapoi | 2+ days of drunkenness usually involving a journey or waking up in an unexpected place | Russian | funny adverse habits | |
Paavam | Someone who is innocent, naive, not well-versed with ways of the world | Malayalam | attribute | |
Kilig | It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs; butterflies. | Tagalog | feeling love connection | |
Occhiolism | The awareness of the smallness of your perspective | English | awareness life society | |
Magari | maybe, hopeful wish, wistful regret, in my dreams, if only. | Italian | thinking | |
Otium | The condition of being in control of one’s own time; leisure, free-time; ease, peace. | Latin | growth time habits | |
Adroit | Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. | French | attribute | |
Ta'arof (تعارف) | The complicated set of niceties and social rules to be observed as a form of good manners and proper etiquette | Persian | society interaction | |
cāral (சாரல்) | A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain | Tamil | nature | |
Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
Prozvonit | To call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. | Czech | life funny event | |
Gluggaveður | "Window Weather" i.e. weather that is nice to look at through a window but not nice to be out in | Icelandic | weather visual | |
Muskelkater | Charley horse ("muscle cat") | German | physical | |
Gemütlichkeit | An atmosphere of belonging, relaxation, chilled music, great food and drink | German | music food life | |
Hinna | "To find the time” or “to be on time” | Swedish | time | |
Bixomets | Shame on behalf of others | Catalan | feeling adverse | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
Recherché | Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. | French | beauty attribute | |
Kuebiko | A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence | Japanese | adverse feeling | |
Didis | To search and pick up lice from one's own hair, usually when in bed at night | Indonesian | physical adverse | |
Donaldkacsázás | Translated as “Donald ducking” or wandering around one’s house with a shirt but no trousers | Hungarian | funny action | |
Trennungsagentur | Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up | German | action | |
Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
Acoy | Something that is either very positive or negative | Indonesian | positive measurement | |
Schadenfreude | Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. | German | feeling adverse |
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