A collection of words for feelings and emotional states — from everyday vocabulary to rare and beautiful gems.
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sonder
noun
The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.
hiraeth
A homesickness for a home you cannot return to, or that never was; a longing for something lost.
saudade
A deep emotional state of melancholic longing for something or someone beloved that is absent or lost.
schadenfreude
Pleasure derived from another person's misfortune.
wanderlust
A strong desire to travel and explore the world.
sehnsucht
A deep longing or craving for something, often unattainable; a yearning for an alternate life.
mono no aware
phrase
The bittersweet awareness of impermanence; the gentle sadness of passing things.
forelsket
The indescribable euphoria you feel when falling in love for the first time.
weltschmerz
A deep sadness about the inadequacy of the world; world-weariness.
chrysalism
The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
vellichor
The strange wistfulness of used bookshops.
mamihlapinatapai
A look shared between two people, each wishing the other would initiate something they both desire.
hygge
A quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being.
limerence
An involuntary state of mind resulting from romantic attraction, characterized by obsessive thoughts and desire for reciprocation.
feeling
The experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
ballottement
A palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)
resistance
The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
opposition
gesture
Motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
surge
A sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"
upsurge
interpretive dance
A form of modern dance in which the dancer's movements depict an emotion or tell a story
interpretive dancing
interpretative dance
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