Aftergloom

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

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Hubilance

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

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Suente

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