Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Han Sorrow, regret, grief, resentment, "a dull ache of the soul", yet passive and not revenge seeking; waiting for the injustice to be righted Korean society persistence adverse
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
Attaccabottone Something that you long to get away from but struggle to Italian adverse
Nementia Feeling nervous or anxious in your own skin English feeling adverse
Charmolypi "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. Greek happiness adverse philosophy
Zechpreller Someone who leaves without paying the bill. German adverse event friends
Hüzün Originally pain and sorrow over a loss, but also can mean melancholy associated with a sense of failure in life and a gloomy feeling that things will likely get worse. Turkish adverse emotion
Strohwitwer "Grass widower"; a man whose partner or wife has left him alone. German family adverse
Tsundoku Acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them Japanese adverse
Myötähäpeä Secondhand embarrassment Finnish adverse feeling
moņ (моң) Sadness; melody; lyricism Bashkir adverse music
Zažitjsja (зажиться) To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead Russian death adverse
Extrawurst Someone who is slowing things down by being fussy, making everything more complicated than necessary German stress adverse action
Fremdschämen To be embarrassed by something somebody else did German society thinking adverse
Lítost Sate of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. Czech adverse awareness fate
Wasuremono Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. Japanese adverse habits
Koshatnik A dealer in stolen cats Russian adverse character work
Nuchshlepper Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on Yiddish awareness adverse persistence
Sielvartas Literal translation as “soul tumbling” used as grief or resentment Lithuanian adverse thinking emotion
Zhaghzhagh The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage Tamil adverse action physical
Unglücksrabe An unlucky person (literally: Raven with bad luck) German luck adverse
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
Dreich Of weather: extremely dull, miserably dreary, a combination of cloud, rain, fog, wetness and coldness - all at the same time Scottish weather adverse
Zapoi 2+ days of drunkenness usually involving a journey or waking up in an unexpected place Russian funny adverse habits
Gula Gluttony, greed; indulgence; eating simply for the taste (i.e., not from hunger). Spanish adverse




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