Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
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
Zažitjsja (зажиться) To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead Russian death adverse
Zechpreller A person who leaves a restaurant without paying German adverse action food
Erinmek Not doing something you have to do just because you don’t want to; being a prick Nogay adverse
Fremdschämen To be embarrassed by something somebody else did German society thinking adverse
Dreich Especially of weather: dreary, bleak. For example, "a cold, dreich early April day" Scottish weather adverse
Dolgostroj (долгострой) A construction project that seems to go on forever Russian time adverse
Charmolypi "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. Greek happiness adverse philosophy
Wintercearig Literally "winter sorrow"; a feeling of deep sadness related to the cold, still, dark nature of winter English weather emotion adverse
Empalagoso Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. Spanish food adverse change
Koshatnik A dealer in stolen cats Russian adverse character work
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
Chingada An imaginary, horrible place where you send all those who annoy you Spanish funny adverse character
Hammajang "All messed up" Hawaiian 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
Attaccabottone Something that you long to get away from but struggle to Italian adverse
Toska (тоска) At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. Russian adverse philosophy
Dhakkann "The shroud of clouds concealed the sun." Someone too naive to see the truth in things, also used in a derogatory way Hindi adverse awareness
Lítost Sate of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. Czech adverse awareness fate
Age-otori The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut Japanese adverse event feeling
Aimonomia Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something English adverse feeling thinking
Dor The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love Romanian love adverse
Didis To search and pick up lice from one's own hair, usually when in bed at night Indonesian physical adverse
Dor The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love Romanian love adverse




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