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huzun

huzun noun: a feeling of somber and listless melancholy caused by one's personal failings but which is felt communally as a universal and perhaps uplifting experience.

Noun

huzun (uncountable)

  1. A feeling of somber and listless melancholy caused by one's personal failings but which is felt communally as a universal and perhaps uplifting experience.
    • It floats on a cushion of huzun, the way an air-hockey puck hovers above the game table.2015 October 20, Dwight Garner, “Review: Orhan Pamuk’s ‘A Strangeness in My Mind’”, in New York Times

Origin of huzun

Borrowed from Turkish hüzün.

Questions about huzun

What does huzun mean?
Huzun means a feeling of somber and listless melancholy caused by one's personal failings but which is felt communally as a universal and perhaps uplifting experience.
What part of speech is huzun?
Huzun is a noun.

Words near huzun in the dictionary

  1. Huzaras
  2. Huzhou
  3. Huzhu
  4. huzoor
  5. huzoors
  6. huzun
  7. Huzvaresh
  8. huzz
  9. huzza
  10. huzzaed
  11. huzzah

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