The book of human emotions : from ambiguphobia to umpty--154 words from around the world for how we feel / Tiffany Watt Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watt Smith, Tiffany, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions--Encyclopedias.

Emotions.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xii, 318 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First North American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

Summary:

Embarrassment: The addled, constricted feeling we get when we fart loudly in a bookshop. Hwyl: Literally the word for a boat sail, hwyl is a wonderfully onomatopoeic Welsh word (pronounced who-eel) that means exuberance or excitement, as if clipping along on a gust of wind. Mudita: An experience of joy on hearing of someone else's good fortune. Ruinenlust: Feeling irresistibly drawn to crumbling buildings and abandoned places. Vergüenza ajena: A vicarious humiliation, usually felt toward strangers. You might experience it's when a politician mispronounces an important name but insists it's been said correctly. Cyberchondria: Anxiety about "symptoms" of an "illness" fueled by Internet "research." Toska: A Russian emotion once described by Vladimir Nabokov as "a dull ache" of the soul, "a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness." Love: It's just, you know ... love. Umpty: A feeling of everything being "too much" and all in the wrong way. Its only known cure: laughter. Joy: From the Old French joie (a jewel), this emotion dazzles us into submission. Awumbuk: From the Baining people of Papua New Guinea, the emptiness we feel after visitors depart. Suspicion: Are you sure you don't mean paranoia? Book jacket.

Contents:

A 17

Abhiman

Acedia

Amae

Ambiguphobia

Anger

Anticipation

Anxiety

Apathy

L'appel Du Vide

Awumbuk

B 35

Bafflement

Basorexia

Befuddlement

Bewilderment

Boredom

Brabant

Broodiness

C 43

Calm

Carefree

Cheerfulness

Cheesed (Off)

Claustrophobia

Collywobbles, The

Comfort

Compassion

Compersion

Confidence

Contempt

Contentment

Courage

Curiosity

Cyberchondria

D 73

Delight

Dépaysement

Desire

Despair

Disappear, the desire to

Disappointment

Disgruntlement

Disgust

Dismay

Dolce Far Niente

Dread

E 94

Ecstasy

Embarrassment

Empathy

Envy

Euphoria

Exasperation

Excitement

F 112

Fago

Fear

Feeling Good (about yourself)

Formal Feeling, a

Fraud, Feeling Like a

Frustration

G 121

Gezelligheid

Gladsomeness

Glee

Gratitude

Greng Jai

Grief

Guilt

H 136

Han

Happiness

Hatred

Heebie-Jeebies, the

Hiraeth

Hoard, the Urge to

Homefulness

Homesickness

Hopefulness

Huff, in a

Humble, feeling

Humiliation

Hunger

Hwyl

I 156

Ijirashii

Iktsuarpok

Ilinx

Impatience

Indignation

Inhabitiveness

Insulted, feeling

Irritation

J 166

Jealousy

Joy

K 172

Kaukokaipuu

L 173

Liget

Litost

Loneliness

Love

M 181

Malu

Man

Matutolypea

Mehameha

Melancholy

Miffed, a bit

Mono No Aware

Morbid Curiosity

Mudita

N 194

Nakhes

Nginyiwarrarringu

Nostalgia

O 198

Oime

Overwhelmed, feeling

P 202

Panic

Paranoia

Perversity

Peur Des Espaces

Philoprogenitiveness

Pique, a fit of

Pity

Postal, going

Pride

Pronoia

R 217

Rage

Regret

Relief

Reluctance

Remorse

Reproachfulness

Resentment

Ringxiety

Rivalry

Road Rage

Ruinenlust

S 237

Sadness

Satisfaction

Saudade

Schadenfreude

Self-Pity

Shame

Shock

Smugness

Song

Surprise

Suspicion

T 258

Technostress

Terror

Torschlusspanik

Toska

Triumph

U 264

Umpty

Uncertainty

V 267

Vengefulness

Vergüenza Ajena

Viraha

Vulnerability

W 275

Wanderlust

Warm Glow

Wonder

Worry

Z 285

Zal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780316265409

0316265403

OCLC:

923649836

Publisher Number:

99967969057