K

Words beginning with the letter K

22 words

Kilig

kee-lig

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

Komorebi

koh-moh-reh-bee

n. Sunlight filtering through tree leaves.

Kummerspeck

koom-er-shpeck

n. Weight gained from emotional overeating.

Karelu

kah-reh-loo

n. Mark left on skin by tight clothing.

Kabelsalat

kah-bel-sa-laht

n. A tangled mess of cables.

Kalpa

kal-pa

n. Time on a grand cosmological scale.

Kenopsia

ken-op-see-uh

n. The eeriness of places left behind.

Klexos

kleks-ohs

n. The art of dwelling on the past.

Koinophobia

key-noh-foh-bee-uh

n. The fear that you've lived an ordinary life.

Kinchy

kin-chee

adj. Feeling guilty for prioritizing personal concerns over global issues.

n. An important part of your personality that remains hidden from others.

Kadot

kuh-doh

n. Fear of the prospect of not existing one day.

Kuebiko

koo-web-i-koh

n. A state of exhaustion inspired by senseless tragedies and acts of violence, which force you to abruptly revise your expectations of what can happen in this world.

Kudoclasm

koo-doh-klaz-uhm

n. A crisis of self-doubt emphasizing the need for balance in self-perception and actions.

n. A moment that seemed insignificant at the time but led to a significant change in your life.

Knellish

nel-ish

adj. Afraid to relax your body and drift off to sleep due to the association with death.

Kenaway

ken-uh-wey

n. The longing to see how other people live their lives when they're not in public.

Kairosclerosis

kahy-roh-skluh-roh-sis

n. The moment you consciously try to savor your current happiness, only to have it slowly dissolve into an aftertaste.

Karanoia

kar-uh-noi-uh

n. The terror of the blank page, which can feel both liberating and confining.

Keta

kay-tuh

n. A random image from your distant past that leaps back into your attention.

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.

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