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

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Kuebiko

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

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Flashover

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

Hailbound

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

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building