Dépaysement (French): The feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country being a foreigner.ġ9. Waldeinsamkeit (German): The feeling of solitude, being alone in the woods, and a connectedness to nature.ġ8. Dapjeongneo (Korean): When somebody has already decided the answer they want to hear after asking a question, and are waiting for you to say that exact answer.ġ7. Mokita (Kivila): The truth everyone knows but agrees not to talk about.ġ6. Hiraeth (Welsh): A particular type of longing for the homeland or the romanticized past.ġ5.
Extrawunsch (German): Used to call someone who is slowing things down by being fussy.ġ4. Tretår (Swedish): A second refill or “threefill” of coffee.ġ3. Luftmensch (Yiddish): Refers to someone who is a bit of a dreamer literally, an “air person.”ġ2. Commuovere (Italian): Often taken to mean “heartwarming,” but directly refers to a story that moved you to tears.ġ1. Kilig (Tagalog): The feeling of butterflies in your stomach, usually when something romantic takes place.ġ0. Saudade (Portuguese): The feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost.ĩ. Fika (Swedish): Gathering together to talk and take a break from everyday routines either at a cafe or at home, often for hours on end.Ĩ. Komorebi (Japanese): The sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees.ħ. Trepverter (Yiddish): A witty comeback you think of only when it’s too late to use.Ħ.
Wabi-Sabi (Japanese): Finding beauty in imperfections.ĥ. Pålegg (Norwegian): Anything and everything you can put on a slice of bread.Ĥ. Tsundoku (Japanese): Leaving a book unread after buying it.ģ. Forelsket (Norwegian): The indescribable euphoria experienced as you begin to fall in love.Ģ. It is not an end in itself it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.” - David Crystalġ. Minor, a CNN Hero, tells the story of a woman who became disconsolate, barely able to get out of bed to care for her three kids and a newborn after her husband died in a fire.“Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. He arrived brimming with enthusiasm that was lost on his disconsolate squad.
Readers recommend: songs about showing off 2011 This remarkable venture combines memorable themes with striking ensemble-writing, dramatic brass and percussion sounds and a faintly disconsolate beauty, writes John Fordham Is Justin Bieber the new Beatles? Never say never! Alexandra Petri 2011īy the time of the next pep rally, everyone's at each others throats and a disconsolate Coach Taylor can barely bring himself to utter the word "victory." I wandered around disconsolate, listless, and squinting. House Points: Government capital spending and Parliamentary standards 2009 Meanwhile, at Westminster Tube station, disconsolate penguins swathed in scarves waited in vain for a train to Stanmore. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Various It seems to me you look kind of disconsolate this morning. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen - Volume 1 Sarah Tytler 1870 Little wonder that the kind Duchess looked " disconsolate" in the middle of her content! Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College Jessie Graham Flower "I knew I'd find you here," called a disconsolate voice, and Emma Dean appeared from behind a huge flowering bush. He would have gone moping about for years in disconsolate solitude, silent and sullen as a ghost, or would have rent the air with unavailing shrieks and lamentations. adjective sad beyond comforting incapable of being consoled.adjective seemingly beyond consolation inconsolableįrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.adjective Inspiring dejection saddening cheerless.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.adjective Destitute of consolation deeply dejected and dispirited hopelessly sad comfortless filled with grief.Causing or manifesting discomfort sad or saddening cheerless gloomy: as, disconsolate news a disconsolate look or manner.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.Destitute of comfort or consolation sorrowful hopeless or not expecting comfort sad dejected melancholy.adjective Seeming beyond consolation extremely dejected: synonym: depressed.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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