Razliubit

Meaning: To fall out of love — the process of ceasing to love someone you once loved, leaving behind a hollow where affection used to be.

Language: Russian

Literally: to un-love

Category: Emotion

Origin: Russian раз- (reversal prefix) + любить ('to love'); the named feeling English leaves wordless.

More untranslatable words — Emotion

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Avos' — A blind, hopeful trust that things will somehow work out on their own — leaving the outco…
Saudade — A deep, nostalgic yearning for someone or something absent — tinged with the bittersweet…
Hygge — The warm contentment of simple, cozy pleasures shared with people you love — candles, bla…
Schadenfreude — The guilty little pleasure of taking satisfaction in someone else's misfortune.

Toska — A dull ache of the soul; a great longing with nothing in particular to long for.
Pochemuchka — A person — usually a child — who asks an endless stream of questions, one 'why?' after an…

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