Love
Words about romantic feelings, affection, and matters of the heart.
48 words
Meraki
may-rah-keeadj. Pouring yourself wholeheartedly into something with creativity and love.
Kilig
kee-lign. The feeling of butterflies in your stomach from something romantic or cute.
Vacilando
vah-see-lan-dohv. Traveling for the journey rather than the destination.
Ya'aburnee
yah-ah-boor-neen. Hope to die before a loved one to avoid living without them.
Poggled
pog-uhldadj. Shocked upon noticing an obvious detail in something you see daily that you had never seen before.
Sitheless
sih-thuh-lesadj. Feeling wistful upon encountering a past love and realizing the changed significance of familiar gestures.
Emodox
ee-moh-doksn. Someone whose mood is perpetually out of sync with others, prone to various emotional states.
Etherness
eth-er-nisn. The wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones, knowing that it won't always be this way.
Siso
see-sohn. A solitary experience you wish you could have shared with someone else.
Ochisia
oh-kee-zee-uhn. The fear that the role you once occupied in someone's life could be refilled without a second thought.
Soufrise
soo-freezn. The maddening thrill of an ambiguous flirtation, quivering between platonic and romantic.
Anderance
an-der-uhnsn. The awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a different angle.
Ghough
hawkhn. A hollow place in your psyche that can never be filled; a bottomless hunger for more.
Immerensis
ih-muhr-en-sisn. The maddening inability to understand why someone loves you.
Justing
justingn. 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-lahn. 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-reen. The heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things.
Rubatosis
roo-bah-toh-sisn. The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.
Momophobia
moh-muh-foh-bee-uhn. The fear of speaking off the cuff or from the heart.
Amentalio
ah-men-tal-yohn. The sadness of forgetting sense memories of the departed.
Amoransia
ah-moh-ran-see-uhn. The melodramatic thrill of unrequited love.
Falesia
fuh-lee-zhuhn. The disquieting awareness of mismatched importance in relationships.
Hubilance
hyoo-buh-luhnsn. The quiet poignance of your own responsibility for someone, with a mix of pride and fear and love and humility.
Amuse-Douche
ah-mooz-dooshn. An activity loved since childhood that loses its enjoyment due to fanatics' obsession with technique.
Antiophobia
an-tee-uh-foh-bee-uhn. 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
keern. An ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later.
Kerisl
kair-ahyln. The sorrow of imagining the wealth of knowledge forever lost to history.
adj. Aware of the limited perspective of age differences within relationships.
Anechosis
an-uh-koh-sisn. 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-kan. A hypothetical conversation played out in one's head that is more satisfying than real-life interactions.
Rivener
riv-uh-nern. A chilling hint of distance that creeps slowly into a relationship.
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