Words by feeling
Each entry belongs to one to three families. Pick the one closest to what you have.
- Longing 9
- Wanting something absent, whether a person, a place, or a version of yourself.
- Place 7
- Feelings tied to where you are, where you were, or where you have never been.
- Strangers 9
- The odd intimacy and distance of other people whose lives run parallel to yours.
- Time 6
- Nostalgia, anticipation, and the strange texture of moments passing.
- Embarrassment 3
- Shame, awkwardness, and wincing on someone else's behalf.
- Coziness 1
- Warmth, shelter, and the comfort of small enclosed pleasures.
- Nature 1
- Light, weather, landscape, and the moods they leave behind.
- Grief 4
- Loss, sorrow, and the long tail of things that are gone.
- Joy 5
- Delight, relief, and pleasures that are sometimes a little guilty.
- Boredom 1
- Restlessness, idleness, and the weight of nothing happening.