huzun

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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.

OriginTurkish hüzün →
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Meanings

nounhuzun (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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

  1. Turkishhüzün
  2. Englishhuzun

Borrowed from Turkish hüzün.

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Cite this entry
APA

huzun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huzun

MLA

“huzun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huzun. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “huzun,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huzun.

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