Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Numinous Describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted - the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed an inspired English beauty emotion
Mitonner Cooking with passion French food love beauty
Mono no aware The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. Japanese beauty
Kintsukuroi To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. Japanese beauty change
tuḷir (துளிர்) Technically "a baby leaf", but it specifcally means a freshness tenderness, delicateness Tamil attribute beauty
Chaval al hazman (חבל אל הזמן) Literally "shame on time"; referring to an amazing experience that you don't want to end Hebrew beauty happiness time
Abendrot The colour of the sky when the sun is setting German nature beauty
Vozdukh (Воздух) "Air" but also "the stack of spirit". To breathe in is to "take the spirit inside". Russian beauty physical
Uitwaaien To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather Dutch nature life beauty
Gökotta To rise at dawn in order to go out and listen to the birds sing Swedish nature beauty
Punya “Merit,” “virtue”, “sacred", "good karma", among other things Sanskrit beauty
Komorebi (木漏れ日) Lit. wood is ‘leaking’ sunlight; dappled sunlight filtering through leaves. Japanese nature beauty
Commuovere "Heartwarming,” but specifically refers to a story that moved you to tears Italian beauty interaction emotion
Eunoia A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty
Solkatt The glimmer that reflects the sunshine off a wristwatch Swedish physical beauty
Luscofusco Time of nightfall, just with the last ray of Sun Galician physical beauty
Seijaku (静寂) Quiet (sei) tranquillity (jaku); silence, calm, serenity (especially in the midst of activity or chaos). Japanese awareness beauty
Psithurism The sound of wind through trees English nature beauty
Достолепие (dostolepiye) Contains the roots for dosta (a lot) and lepota (beautiful) from Old Bulgarian language. The word literally means full of beauty but it is more like a combination of noble, full of values, beautiful and brave for man and femininity for women. It is very typical to use this word in context of old traditional photos of people where one appreciate the beauty of the past. Bulgarian beauty
Rudenėja The transition from summer to fall, used to describe all the processes during the change of the seasons, for example leaves changing the colour, constant rain, etc. Lithuanian beauty change
Rashk-e-Qamar Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty Urdu beauty
mångata The roadlike reflection of moonlight on water Swedish nature beauty
Waldeinsamkeit The feeling of solitude in the woods German nature beauty
Serendipity The development of events by chance that result in a beneficial way Tamil event beauty life
Chandamama (చందమామ) Literally "uncle moon"; referring to the moon when admiring it Telugu nature beauty




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