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.”

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Redesis

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

On Tenderhooks

Cover image for the On Tenderhooks word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Vicarous

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

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground