Aftergloom

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Loneliness-Detachment
Space-Solitude
Shift-Movement

Aftergloom

n.
the pang of loneliness you feel the day after an intensely social event, as the glow of voices and laughter fades into a somber quiet.

From afterglow + gloom.

From the Dictionary

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Malotype

Cover image for the Malotype word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Symptomania

Cover image for the Symptomania word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
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