Theme

Love

Words about romantic feelings, affection, and matters of the heart.

48 words

Commuovere

koh-mwoh-veh-reh

v. To be moved in a heartwarming way, often to tears.

Gezellig

khuh-zell-ikh

adj. A warm, positive feeling of togetherness and coziness.

Meraki

may-rah-kee

adj. Pouring yourself wholeheartedly into something with creativity and love.

Kilig

kee-lig

n. The feeling of butterflies in your stomach from something romantic or cute.

Razliubit

raz-lyoo-beet

v. To fall out of love.

Vacilando

vah-see-lan-doh

v. Traveling for the journey rather than the destination.

Resfeber

race-fay-ber

n. Anxious excitement before a journey.

Ya'aburnee

yah-ah-boor-nee

n. Hope to die before a loved one to avoid living without them.

Forelsket

for-el-sket

n. The euphoria of falling in love.

Kabelsalat

kah-bel-sa-laht

n. A tangled mess of cables.

Naz

nahz

n. Pride from knowing you're unconditionally loved.

Saudade

saw-dah-deh

n. A deep longing for something lost or unattainable.

Cafuné

ka-foo-neh

n. Tenderly running fingers through a loved one's hair.

Poggled

pog-uhld

adj. Shocked upon noticing an obvious detail in something you see daily that you had never seen before.

Sitheless

sih-thuh-les

adj. Feeling wistful upon encountering a past love and realizing the changed significance of familiar gestures.

Emodox

ee-moh-doks

n. Someone whose mood is perpetually out of sync with others, prone to various emotional states.

Etherness

eth-er-nis

n. The wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones, knowing that it won't always be this way.

n. The sudden realization of being over someone.

Siso

see-soh

n. A solitary experience you wish you could have shared with someone else.

Ochisia

oh-kee-zee-uh

n. The fear that the role you once occupied in someone's life could be refilled without a second thought.

Soufrise

soo-freez

n. The maddening thrill of an ambiguous flirtation, quivering between platonic and romantic.

Anderance

an-der-uhns

n. The awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a different angle.

Ghough

hawkh

n. A hollow place in your psyche that can never be filled; a bottomless hunger for more.

Immerensis

ih-muhr-en-sis

n. The maddening inability to understand why someone loves you.

Justing

justing

n. The habit of believing that a single change could solve all problems, leaving you perpetually on the verge of a better life.

Solla, Solla, Solla

suh-lah, suh-lah, suh-lah

n. An incantation whispered privately to celebrate the loss of something or someone loved.

adj. Sensing the judgment of your future self looking over your shoulder.

Maru Mori

mah-roo moh-ree

n. The heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things.

Rubatosis

roo-bah-toh-sis

n. The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.

Momophobia

moh-muh-foh-bee-uh

n. The fear of speaking off the cuff or from the heart.

Amentalio

ah-men-tal-yoh

n. The sadness of forgetting sense memories of the departed.

Amoransia

ah-moh-ran-see-uh

n. The melodramatic thrill of unrequited love.

Falesia

fuh-lee-zhuh

n. The disquieting awareness of mismatched importance in relationships.

Hubilance

hyoo-buh-luhns

n. The quiet poignance of your own responsibility for someone, with a mix of pride and fear and love and humility.

Amuse-Douche

ah-mooz-doosh

n. An activity loved since childhood that loses its enjoyment due to fanatics' obsession with technique.

Antiophobia

an-tee-uh-foh-bee-uh

n. Fear experienced while leaving a loved one, uncertain if it will be the last time you see them.

n. The reservoir of all possible opportunities still available to you at this point in your life.

n. The moment you wake up from an immersive dream and have to abruptly recalibrate to the real world.

Keir

keer

n. An ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later.

Kerisl

kair-ahyl

n. The sorrow of imagining the wealth of knowledge forever lost to history.

n. The frustration of not fully enjoying an experience.

adj. Aware of the limited perspective of age differences within relationships.

Anechosis

an-uh-koh-sis

n. A state of exhaustion with being told what you want to hear, longing for someone to challenge you to become a better person.

Jouska

zhoos-ka

n. A hypothetical conversation played out in one's head that is more satisfying than real-life interactions.

Rivener

riv-uh-ner

n. A chilling hint of distance that creeps slowly into a relationship.

Bures

unknown

n medical. Scabs from love on cheap matting.

Dunbar

unknown

n. Increase in zoo takings from lovers.

York

unknown

vb. Shifting straps to lighten bag or false laugh.

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