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19 Emotions For Which There Are No Words In English [Chart]
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stollercyrus
on May 24, 2013
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qompiler
on May 24, 2013
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Good thing we can construct sentences to express ourselves!
kls
on May 24, 2013
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If slange is included then we do have words for some of those, the two at the bottom the Chinese one and the Estonian one are covered by laid-back and vegge. So there are words that cover some of them, they are just not formalized English.
CodingPerson
on May 24, 2013
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Another example is the German word "schadenfreude".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude
qompiler
on May 24, 2013
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Sadistic?
NameNickHN
on May 24, 2013
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Or gloating.
Svip
on May 24, 2013
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What about the Korean Han?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_%28cultural%29
IvyMike
on May 24, 2013
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Ei viitsi = ennui? Or, perhaps, lassitudinous?
P.S. Both ennui and lassitudinous are fun to say.
lookACamel
on May 24, 2013
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And there's "languor" and "lackadaisicalness".
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