Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Empalagoso Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. Spanish food adverse change
Durcheinander Complete mess; screwed up beyond all recognition German adverse
Weltschmerz Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") German adverse society
Dor The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love Romanian love adverse
Dor The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love Romanian love adverse
Tsundoku Acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them Japanese adverse
Wú (無) Negative, void, nothingness, non-being; can imply 'neither yes nor no'. Chinese adverse
Wintercearig Literally "winter sorrow"; a feeling of deep sadness related to the cold, still, dark nature of winter English weather emotion adverse
Spätzünder A person who needs a long time to understands sth/ so who makes belated progress of personal development German adverse
Schnapsleiche So who passed out drunk ("liquor corpse") German adverse event friends
Unglücksrabe An unlucky person (literally: Raven with bad luck) German luck adverse
Schnickschnack Items of little value; empty words that people may utter German adverse
Fuchsteufelswütend Literal: 'Fox devil angry'; steaming with rage German adverse stress emotion
Dreich Of weather: extremely dull, miserably dreary, a combination of cloud, rain, fog, wetness and coldness - all at the same time Scottish weather adverse
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
Zechpreller Someone who leaves without paying the bill. German adverse event friends
Frustfressen Excessive eating because of frustration German food adverse habits
Jaksaa A lack of enthusiasm to do something Finnish adverse habits
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
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
Koshatnik A dealer in stolen cats Russian adverse character work
Sielvartas Literal translation as “soul tumbling” used as grief or resentment Lithuanian adverse thinking emotion
Nementia Feeling nervous or anxious in your own skin English feeling adverse
Zechpreller A person who leaves a restaurant without paying German adverse action food
Desvelarse To wake up in the middle of the night. Be unable to fall asleep. Spanish event adverse




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