Evertheless

a person floating in water

Evertheless

n.
the fear that this is ultimately as good as your life is ever going to get—that the ebb and flow of your fortunes is actually just now hitting its high-water mark, and soon enough you’ll sense the tide of life slowly begin to recede.

From ever + nevertheless. Pronounced “ev-er-thuh-les.”

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Achenia

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

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

The Meantime

Cover image for the The Meantime word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Nachlophobia

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

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Lackout

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

Hubilance

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

Malotype

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

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar