Angosis

a table full of food

Angosis

n.
the malaise that results from having unlimited access to something, which only seems to drain away its value—a cheat code that ruins the game, a camera that holds a million random snapshots, or having so much free time that all your goals dissolve in it.

Maori ango, open + Latin angō, I cause pain or distress. Pronounced “ang-goh-sis.”

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Hemeisis

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

Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Watashiato

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

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

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