Words To Describe Inexplicable Feelings
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Words To Describe Inexplicable Feelings

Nine words for unique emotions you couldn't explain.

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Words To Describe Inexplicable Feelings
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Ever feel suddenly painfully aware of the complexity of the lives of others or the strange feelings of serenity during a thunderstorm? Well needless to say there exist words for these seemingly indescribable feelings and here are a few.

1. Sonder

The word sonder describes the sudden realization that people around you lead lives that are equally vivid and complex as the one you do.

2. Onism

The feeling of frustration of being stuck in just one body that limits you to only being in a single place at a single time.

3. Enouement

The bittersweet feeling of having reached the future and seeing things unravel, but being unable to return to the past to inform your former self of it.

4. Exulansis

The feeling and tendency to give up recounting an experience to someone due to people’s inability to relate.

5. Adronitis

The feeling of frustration when you realize how long it takes and how difficult it is to really bond or get to know someone.

6. Chrysalism

The feeling of tranquility of being indoors while witnessing a thunderstorm.

7. Liberosis

The feeling of wanting to care less about something.

8. Occhiolism

The sudden awareness of how small your perspective truly is in retrospect.

9. Monachopsis

The subtle but persistent feeling of not belonging.

While these words are rarely used in casual conversations (or at all, for that matter), I think they're interesting enough to make for some seriously deep discussions about unique emotions that nearly everyone can relate to.

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