Emotion
Melancholy
Words expressing deep sadness and sorrow.
15 words
Hiraeth
heer-eyethn. Homesickness for a place you can't return to or that never existed.
Adomania
ad-uh-mey-nee-uhn. The sense that the future is arriving ahead of schedule.
Amentalio
ah-men-tal-yohn. The sadness of forgetting sense memories of the departed.
Ellipsism
ih-lip-siz-uhmn. The sadness of never knowing how history will unfold.
Kerisl
kair-ahyln. The sorrow of imagining the wealth of knowledge forever lost to history.
Catoptric Tristesse
kuh-top-trik tris-tesn. The sadness of never truly knowing what others think of you.
Aulasy
awi-uh-seen. The sadness of being unable to convey a powerful memory to those who were not present.
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