100 Beautiful and Ugly Words

206 thoughts on “100 Beautiful and Ugly Words”

1. I have always found the word ‘sanguine’ to be the most mysterious. It sounds peaceful and calm yet has the almost opposite meaning – being flushed with blood.

   I love the word ‘sagacious’. I knew a horse once whose name it was.

2. I found this site whilst hunting down quizzes / challenges to develop my internal comms team.

   What a treasure this is! I am now 35 minutes late leaving the office. Oops.

   I have many favourite words, two of which I would like to add to the ‘beautiful’ list:

   – possibility
   – glockenspiel

   To the ugly list, I shall add:

   – garbage
   – rake

   On the basis that my team needs to write engaging and pleasant-to-read prose, I am abandoning what I’d planned for tomorrow’s ‘Tuesday Quiz’. Instead, they will be asked to send me five words for each list. Let’s see what they make of that!

   Thanks for a great site. Duly bookmarked in my ‘favourites’.

3. These “Most Beautiful Words” lists always bring to mind a favorite passage from Alexandre Dumas’ Vicomte de Bragelonne:

   “…he also fancied he heard the melancholy moaning of the water which falls back again into the wells – a sad, funereal, solemn sound, which strikes the ear of the child and the poet – both dreamers – which the English call splash; Arabian poets gasgachau; and which we Frenchmen, who would be poets, can only translate by a paraphrase – the noise of water falling into water.”

   Thanks to this memorable passage, “splash” always makes my list of Most Beautiful Words.

4. Words I like
   -Equilibrium ( i like the way it sounds)
   – Arcane
   -pure
   -moist (come at me)
   – clean
   – simple
   – silence

   Words I hate
   – spoiled
   – mold (disgusting in any context)
   – fern
   – noise
   – catastrophe

5. I agree with DW. When I hear “crepuscular,” what jumps out is “pus.”

   There was a movie with Leslie Caron (as Cinderella) and Estelle Winwood as the fairy godmother who often commented on the beautiy of words. Her favorites were replete with “L’s”. I cant remember them all, but she liked “Cinderella”,”windowsill” and “pickle relish”

   I find the sound of “ch” very ugly. “Church” and “urchin” are horribly ugly. The Mexican word for pork cracklins is “chicharrones” which sounds as bad as it looks. (And tastes).

6. I adore the words:

   “Colloquial” which means informal language.

   “Vexed” which means annoyed.

   “Tumultuous” which means disturbance or uproar.

   “Surreptitious” which means sneaky.

   and last but not least, “Petrichor” which is the smell of earth after rain.

   Hope this helps someone!

7. My absolute favorite words are “wanderlust”, “auspicious”, “velvet”, “serendipity”, “petrichor”, and “dusk”.

8. I love ‘chuckle’ and hate ‘knickers’
   In some countries they are called panties which is a lot nicer.

9. Some of my most beautiful words:
   midnight
   waterfall
   diamond
   emerald
   starlight
   glory
   sparkling
   glamorous
   stargazer
   myrrh

   Less beautiful words:
   crouch
   garlic
   stomach
   chicken
   boast
   lamb shank
   grin
   veined
   muscly
   righteous

10. My list of beautiful words:
    azaleas, serenade, chagrined, diminutive, engagement , soirée, promenade, summer shandy , Chablis, bliss, treasures, torrential, moonlight, rain, crystal , cavern, fairytale, enchanted, Camelot, geraniums, credenza , chandelier, gingham, taffeta, magical, bibliography, librarian, parfait , angel food, frosting, glitter, glimmering , icicles, tangerines, clementines, ballerina, stanzas, poetry, amber, dragons/dragonflies , gemstones, dragees (sorry I cannot get the accent mark), mauve , strawberries chantilly, grenadine, pomegranates, pom poms , tresses, evening gown , gala, grace , fond, crush, affection, confection , crepes Suzette, minuet, shimmy, chassis. darling,and being a longtime fan of the band REM, I would have to include reckoning, murmur, and pageant. Growing up two of my favorite books were The Sugarplum Fairy and By the Shores of Silver Lake . What beautiful titles!

    Word that is ugly: panties . They are lingerie, a very pretty word ,

    By the way, referring to the phrase cellar door, you might want to refer back to the eighties band Poison’s hit song “Talk Dirty to Me “.

11. The word ‘Loath’ is the ugliest of all words. It supersedes hate, and to contrary belief, it is the word that is opposite of Love, not the word hate.

12. “Ugly” words can be very effective and enjoyable to use.

    I particularly like words ending in -id (and probably use them far too much)

    eg: fetid, flaccid, putrid, rancid, rabid, morbid, torpid, sordid, lurid, torrid, vapid, squalid, acrid, turgid, vapid

    They are so descriptive and cover such a vast range of unpleasant and undesirable qualities. (On the other hand, lucid and pellucid are lovely words)

13. Petroleum
    Portfolio
    Ointment
    Crumbs
    Commode

14. I agree about the “sn-” words being negative. To say them, you must curl one side of your upper lip in derision.

15. Just finished reading all of the comments, and while there is merit to most of the “ugly” words mentioned, can someone please help me understand why “moist” was mentioned as an “ugly” word by so many people? The word is innoucuois. If there’s a hatred due to the word’s sexual connotation, then that’s a personal hang-up, not a reason to hate a word. Expand your twisted (and limited) minds.

16. I adore the words, Library, Novella, Firefly, Sultry, Effervescent, and Exotic.

    I loathe the word, poop. Disgusting and banned from vocabulary in my house.

    In regards to moist, since it seems to be a highly discussed topic, I will add my opinion.

    Personally, I’ve never associated the word moist with anything sexual. Having said that, I don’t like the “oi” sound in moist and agree with the majority. It’s an ugly word to my ears.

    Wet, on the other hand, is sexual to me, and I like that word. A lot.

    Just my two cents.

    Melonie

17. Thanks for your “two cents” Melonie; I beleive you’re one of the first writers to explain disdain for the word based on it’s “sound,” versus the many comments about its association. And for those reading, so sorry about the typos in my original post — empassioned writing is no excue 😉

18. For me I like the words “Abyss”,”Labyrinth”,”Pandora” and “lullaby” because it feels like they’re surrounded with a mystique aura.
    I also like the words “Introvert” and “extrovert” they define the human nature and personality so much.

    Just so you know “abraccadabra” has a nice meaning, it means “I will create with words”

19. ‘Beautiful’ and ‘ugly’ words have their own charm, depending on the context and the circumstances we use them. Sometimes ugly ones even might have more impact on us than beautiful ones, especially in oral speech. R and L are the most beautiful consonants in my opinion. Also, the more vocals the word includes the nicer it sounds, and the less ‘cramped together’ they are, the nicer they sound because they are easier to pronounce and utter, and they will still sound beautiful even spoken by a non-native who has not yet mastered his accent.

    grandeur: majestic, symmetric sound due to ‘r’ at start and end
    rogue: nice but short. vogue: ugly because v+g sounds uglier than r+g.(sorry mrs. Wintour, strong name by the way)
    violent: very strong meaning but not so strong word, sounds like violet (a flower of all things! doesn’t help at all)
    nirvana: the most beautiful and meaningful of all words in my opinion. strong, melodious and harmonious to pronounce
    storm: 4/5 consonants, short, strong meaning, non-harmonious but amazing word, breaks the rules
    shrimp: unimpressive word even though it’s 5/6 consonants
    mundane: it doesn’t sound nice, unimpressive
    ferocious: “cious” makes it sound more powerful. conscious, anxious, obnoxious: strong word, contains “x”
    tirade: short, easy to pronounce
    bounty: short, easy to pronounce
    apocalypse: strong “ps” and easy to pronounce
    Tezcatlipoca: unusual but strong consonant combination. “tl”
    scoundrel: high impact word, many consonants
    betrothed: sounds like “be trod”!!! betrothal sounds nicer, but still..
    kidnap: not much impact for the meaning it has
    wreath: word not beautiful enough for its meaning
    rambunctious: strong word, lots of consonants
    nurture: low impact word, repetitive ‘ur’, positive effect, it sounds like “nature”

20. Beautiful:

    Cosmic

    Ugly:
    Moist

21. Thanks for this list, it was really interesting. I have a couple words to add, however.

    Beautiful words: comely, meaning attractive and very pleasing to the eye.

    Ugly words: Abhorrent – something that causes dislike, repugnant.

22. Wow, what a wonderful list! I personally love the word tangible (perceptible by touch) its just brilliant when you want to emphasise and emotion.

    Also:

    Zealous, ebullient, vivacious, pragmatic, prejudiced and malignant…

23. My father once ended a note to my mother with, “Your uxorious husband.”

    Uxorious: having excessive fondness for ones own wife

24. Chris J
    Your comment makes me laugh. such a wise father you have.

25. beautiful words:
    lachrymose
    nocturnal
    arboreal
    verdant
    reminisce
    dementia

    Also, I like the way ‘pompous’ sounds.

26. Underdog- my favourite word.

27. Personally, I am in love with the word “evanescence”, which means something along the lines of “gradually fading into nothing”. “Dusky” is also another favorite of mine.

28. Fun reading this page. Seems most people are influenced by the words’ meanings. What’s wrong with moist? It puts its meaning across rather well. And bucolic? I like that it sounds different than what it means—Idyllic, aromatic fields (something to that effect). I like ukulele (pronounced ‘oo-koo-lay-lay’ in its original Hawaiian). I like the names of many states: Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Tennessee, Kentucky… Almost any word in French or Hawaiian—coup, aloha, nouveau. And zoftig, corpulent, lithe, violet, adobe, buffalo, gazelle, soliloquy, obscure, Saturnine. I like words with crispness.

    Ugly: tintinnabulation—doesn’t sound at all like bells ringing, laborious to say. Pot-stickers and pop-tarts—unappetizing sounds; nouveau-fake sounding names of headache and depression pills; decaf; smart-meter—words that indoctrinate by definition; drone, nuclear, all three-letter diseases, and med-speak. And who thought up masturbation?—sounds like working on the assembly line in an automobile plant.

29. Phlegm is a disgusting word.

30. All are cool words; Love them.

31. Shiver.

    I’ve read up and down the comments and was surprised to not find this word, given that you experience the slightest ghost of the feeling just by reading it. It may just be me personally, but I find this to be an extremely evocative word.

32. Sluices. Exhaling air slowly through my teeth and then sliding my tongue to the roof of my mouth, slightly puckering my lips and then again making the air-through-the-teeth maneuver for me actually creates the vision and sound of the slippery movement of shallow water over flat rocks.

33. Call me Mr. Simple… We’ve all had three senses (hopefully no more) tell us: nothing is more ugly than diarrhea. And ugly fast, faster than projectile vomit, the fastest ugly in the world, maybe even the universe. Before you can think, blink or turn on the light….You know…

    In a distant second place, “snot,” and not without a way-cool gross factor. A bright yellow snot bolo blow out of one nostril (the other plugged by the man’s stumped arm), spinning like a football kicked for a field goal, and it had the distance.

    Some words that use to be synonymous with beautiful are now ugly and visa-versa. Like California… Sheit fire, done went Godzilla-fugly, and on the other hand, Vietnam… one beautiful country.

    Being Irish, my four most beautiful words are: dogs, fishing, beer and women. And animals groups are pretty cool. A “murder” of crows, a “gaggle” of geese, a “litter” of pups, a “pod” of whales, a “covey” of quail, a “herd” of cows, a “case” of beer (just checking), a “school” of tuna, a “troop” of baboons (as long as you don’t see their red-puffed butts), a “rafter” of turkeys.

    Time to go “sizzle” a couple of New York Strips, sides of “grilled” asparagus and “cheese-toast.” Got to thank my “curvy” red-headed neighbor for taking care of my dog.

34. An obscure one, but very evocative and onomatopoeic I think – ‘phantasmagoria’

    Meaning either:

    ‘a shfting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination’.

    or

    ‘a changing scene made up of many elements’.

35. My list of ‘beautiful words’ include—

    synergy, team, serene, holy, sacred, domain, compassion, converge,

36. Ugly Words:
    Hiatus,stampede,Aberrant,Abeyance,Bliss,Abhor

37. Malaise: A feeling of general unease or discomfort.
    Personally I find it wonderfully ugly. Conversely, I find ‘malady’ to be a very graceful word for something bad.
    Also, ‘penultimate,’ meaning the one right before the final.

38. I’m glad this list is still going! Several people mentioned not caring for the word “moist.” It’s used as a character’s name in at least one Terry Pratchett novel (Going Postal, I think), and a henchman has that name in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

    To me, it goes well with damp – another word that just doesn’t sound right. Too often both words are used to describe the palms of a nervous person.

39. I am a logophile. I love nearly every word.

    I love the word “lilt” and “Breathtaking” in Afrikaans it is “asem rowend” it sounds lovley. One word I struggled with was “Batrachomyomachy” its meaning is a good description of what was happening when I tried pronouncing it. Afrikaans speaking ^^,

    Nemises is a word I love it sounds so romantic if you loast the pass meaning.

    Nemisism not so romantic. I get annoyed with “sm” it’s like “smsmsm”. Joys of afrikaans.

    The word I love the most is “Tranquillity”, it sounds powerful , evil, dark and scary but its meaning is serendipitous.

40. In my opinion, there really aren’t any “ugly” words. I mean, words that seem ugly to one person, may be beautiful to another. Especially after reading all of the comments, I know that not all words are appealing. Some words may be appealing and have an unappealing definition, which will make somebody think that it’s ugly. That’s not completely true. Don’t let somebody tell you that a word is “ugly” just because they happen to think so, that doesn’t mean that you’re different. You like what you like, don’t let anybody’s opinion change yours.

41. Notice how many three-syllable words are in the beautiful lists? Human brains are respond positively to groups of three, and to a lesser extent to groups of four.

    By contrast, one- and two-syllable words appear often in lists of ugly-sounding words.

    With that said, the word with the most beautiful sound, in my opinion, is “axiom.”

    The ugliest-sounding word, again in my opinion, is “gunk.”

    And the funniest-sounding word, guaranteed to bring on giggles? “Flapdoodle.” (Again, three syllables) And that’s a fact.

42. If ugly equates to annoying then the constant use of “ISSUE”, as a substitute noun for almost every other noun, would have to be high on my list.

43. Loved the article until you asked.

    What did I miss?
    It’s what have I missed surely.

    And Avuncular always leaves me with a nice warm feeling.

44. I think we need a list of beautiful words that don’t mean beautiful things. Heres a few I thought of. Sorry if my definitions are off.
    Beautiful words that don’t match their meaning:
    woebegone (sorrowful)
    pusillanimousstar (fearful)
    synthetic (fake)
    plebeian (lower class)
    proletarian (poor)
    reverential (reverant)
    venerational (reverant)
    languishing (sad)
    atrocious (horrible)
    sombre (sullen)
    funereal (depressing)
    austere (cheerless)
    drearisome (sorrowful)
    tenebrific (gloomy)
    saturnine (gloomy)
    morose (pessimistic)
    estrange (alienate)

45. i would like to add a few words to both categories:
    beautiful:
    1. Pulchritude- personally one of my favorites meaning beauty.
    2. Fallal- sounds really attractive. It means ‘a finery’.
    3. Ubiquitous- found everywhere.
    4. Erubescent- a glowing red.
    5. Zephyr- a cold breeze. (my ticket to a good impression on descriptive pieces!)
    ugly:
    1. Dystopian- rather a dark word for bad or hellish.
    2. Contumacious- stubborn.
    3. Hydra- something emanating problems, a chain of problems such that when one is solved another appears.
    4. Quelle horreur- French phrase used to exclaim a feeling of horror.
    5. Soucouyant- a witch known from history.
    Email me and perhaps we can exchange more delightful words. Follow me on instagram: @anshkalani . Thank you! Tell me what you think.

46. One of my favorite words is ‘marginal, or marginally.’ As in, “this is marginally acceptable.” Or “This candidate has a marginal understanding of what it will be like to be President.”

    I don’t get to use it much, though I used it copiously in high school. Now almost 30 years later, I still love it. Also a favorite: ‘classic.’ Sounds crisp and pleasing.

47. I have synaesthesia and, as such, I see words in color.

    Anything with an “au” is a beautiful, deep scarlet: aurora, austere, August, aura, audio, the name Aurelia, etc. These are some of my favorite words.

    I HATE the word “besides” and will go to great lengths to not use it. It’s a sickening, Pepto-like pink.

    “Liar” is a beautiful word.

48. I think “Slippers” is kind of a nice word. I’m not sure why, it just sounds peaceful.

49. Oh gosh, what myriad plethora of words, I have so many that I just find to be so incredibly dulciloquent(a. sweetly language) as well as those words who exceed the syllabic qualities of three’s and fours such as those that might be sesquipedelian(a. given to using long words;lit. 7 syllable words), here are some of my absolute favorites:

    piceous – adj. brown, grayish; soot-colored
    cerise – adj. a cherry red
    floccinaucinihilipilification – noun. the action or habit of estimating something as worthless
    cynosure – noun. a person or thing which is the center of attention or the object of beauty
    cwm – Noun. Chiefly Scottish. a cirque
    succubus – noun. A female demon believed to have intercourse with sleeping men
    soporific – adj. sleep inducing
    throng – noun. a large gathering of people
    prurient – adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
    puerile – adj. childishly silly or immature
    acanthus – noun. An herbaceous plant or shrub with bold flower spikes and spiny decorative leaves
    nictitate – verb. blink
    arenose – adj. sandy
    noisome – adj. foul smelling
    redolent – adj. sweetly or pleasantly smelling
    sudor – noun. sweat, perspiration
    exsuphlocation – noun. an expiration of breath; to expel air forcefully from the lungs
    syzygy – noun. the alignment of all nine celestial bodies
    aeviternal – adj. everlasting, endless
    interstices – noun. an intervening space( i.e. the spaces between fingers)
    brumous – Noun. Of grey skies or winter days, filled with heavy clouds or fog; relating to winter or cold sunless weather
    stelliferous – Adjective. Having or abounding with stars
    lacuna – noun. An unfilled space; a gap
    kairos – Noun. The perfect, delicate, crucial moment: the fleeting rightness of time and place, that creates the opportune atmosphere for action, words, or movement; also, weather
    apricity – noun. The warmth of the sun in winter
    mistpouffer – Noun. A mysterious sound heard over the ocean, in quiet, foggy weather
    mellifluous – adj. sweet or musical, pleasant to the ears
    mångata – Noun. The reflection of the moon on the water
    hiraeth – noun. A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return; a home which maybe never was. The nostalgia, the yearning, the grief, for the lost places of your past
    supine – noun. (Of a person) lying face upwards
    decumbent – Adj. lying along the ground; 2. Taken to having to lay down
    noceur – Noun. One who stays up late
    baffian – Adj. outlandish
    morosis – Noun. The stupidest of stupidities.
    sillage – Noun. The scent that lingers in air, the trail left in water, the impression made in space after something or someone has come and gone- the trace of someone’s perfume; 2. Noun. The degree to which someone’s perfume lingers in the air
    brontide – Noun. The low rumble of distant thunder
    xyst – Noun. A garden walk planted with trees
    gerful – Adjective. Wild and wayward
    clinomania – Noun. Excessive desire to stay in bed
    euneirophrenia – Noun. The peace of mind that comes from having pleasant dreams
    bussing – noun. Kissing
    oscultating – noun. Kissing
    basorexia – Noun. The overwhelming desire to kiss
    baisement – Noun. Kissing; lit. A kiss on the hand
    selenophile – Noun. A person who loves the moon
    rhinotillexomania – Noun. The overwhelming desire to be loved
    lisztomania – Noun. The overwhelming desire to listen to music all of the time
    irusu – Noun. Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door
    majime – Noun. An earnest, reliable person who can get things done without causing drama
    ikigai – Noun. A reason for being the thing that gets you up in the morning
    yugen – Noun. A profound awareness of the universe that triggers a deep, emotional response.
    flume – noun. An artificial channel to move water
    ukiyo – Noun. Literally, “the floating world”; living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life
    yoisho – Noun. A word without meaning, said when dropping into a chair after a long day at work
    shibui – Noun. Old school cool
    kuidaore – Noun. To eat yourself into bankruptcy
    hikikomori – Noun. When a young person obsessed with television, video games, and the internet withdraws from society
    wasuremono – Noun. Forgotten or lost things; left behind on a train or forgotten at home
    nito-onna – Noun. A woman dedicated so much to her career that she has no time to iron blouses, so dresses only in knitted tops
    bimyou – Noun. Not bad or “meh”
    komorebi – Noun. Sunlight filtering through trees
    tsundoko – Noun. The art of buying a book and leaving it unread, often stacked together with other books which are also unread.
    shinrin-yoku – Literally, “forest bathing”, a visit to the forest for relaxation and to improve one’s health
    age-otori – Noun. The bad feeling someone gets after receiving a bad haircut.
    ceraunophile -Noun. Person who loves lightning and thunder
    pluviophile – Noun. A lover of rain; one who takes pleasure and joy in experiencing rainy days
    querencia – Noun. A place where one’s strength is drawn, where one feels at home; the place where someone is their most authentic self
    abditory – Noun. A place into which you can disappear; a hiding place
    orphic – noun. Mysterious and entrancing, beyond ordinary understanding
    borborygmi – Noun. The rumbling sounds your stomach makes
    flumadiddle – Noun. Utter nonsense
    eunoia – Noun. Beautiful thinking, a well mind 2. The frame of mind one must be in to welcome new friendships
    eccedentesiast – Noun. A person who fakes a smile
    pisanthrobia – Noun. A fear of trusting people due to past experiences with relationships gone bad
    waldeinsamkeit – Noun. The feeling of being alone in the woods
    feuillemort – Noun. The color of a dying leaf
    sirimiri – Noun. A light rain, a fine drizzle
    dendrophile – Noun. A lover of trees
    alexithmyia – Noun. An inability to describe emotions in a verbal manner
    boketto – Verb. The act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking
    beamish – Adjective. bright, cheerful, and optimistic
    nefelibata – Noun. Literally, “cloud walker”, one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams, or one who does not obey the convictions of society, literature, or art
    Thalassophile – Noun. A lover of the sea, someone who loves the ocean or sea
    philophobia – Noun. The fear of being in or falling in love
    petrichor – Noun. The smell outside after it rains
    trollop – noun. A sexually promiscuous woman
    drapetomania – Noun. An overwhelming urge to run away
    gigil – Noun. The overwhelming urge to squeeze someone because you love them.
    imbroglio – Noun. A confined, embarrassing situation
    torpid – Adjective. Dormant, lazy
    jargoon – noun. a smoky gem variety of zircon
    blatherskite – Noun. A person who talks at great length without making any sense
    kalon – Adjective. Beauty that is more than skin deep
    psithurism – Noun. The sound of the wind through trees
    apodyopsis – Noun. The act of mentally undressing someone
    tartle – Verb. To hesitate while introducing someone as you have forgotten their name.
    proliferate – verb. increase rapidly in number
    absquatulate – Verb. To leave without saying goodbye
    nexility – adj. fastness or compactness of speech
    numinous – Adjective. Being both fearful and awed by what is before you
    trouvaille – Noun. A chance encounter with something wonderful
    sonder – Verb. The realization that everyone is living their own vivid life
    flaneur – noun. An urban rambler
    solivagant – Verb. Wandering alone
    Hodophile – Noun. A lover of roads, one who loves to travel
    strikhedonia – Noun. The ability to be able to say, “To hell with it.”
    sophrosyne – Noun. A healthy state of mind, characterized by self-control, moderation, and a deep awareness of one’s true self, and resulting in true happiness
    eudaimonia – Noun. Literally, “human flourishing”; a contented state of being happy, and healthy, and prosperous
    hypnagogic – adjective. the state immediately before falling asleep
    dysania – Noun. The state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning
    schwellenangst – Noun. Fear of crossing a threshold to embark on something new
    yūgen – Noun. An awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses to deep and mysterious for words
    acatalepsy – Noun. The idea that it is impossible to truly comprehend everything
    novaturient – Noun. The desire to alter your life, the feeling that pushes you to travel
    nemophilist – Noun. A haunted or the woods; one who loves the forest for its beauty and solitude
    toska – Noun. A state of great anguish, melancholy, longing beyond bearable bounds
    icterine – Noun. A color described as yellowish, jaundiced, or yellowish-brown
    kalopsia – Noun. The illusion of things being more beautiful than they truly are
    selcouth – Adjective. Unfamiliar, strange, rare, and yet marvelous
    pulchritudinous – adjective. breathtaking, heartbreaking beauty
    duende – Noun. The mysterious power of art to deeply move someone
    eudaemonia – Noun. The contented state of happiness and glee when we travel
    forelsket – Noun. The euphoria felt when you are first falling in love
    cheiloproclitic – Adjective. Having an erotic and passionate desire towards someone’s lips
    ubuntu – Noun. The belief that we are defined by our compassion and kindness towards others
    abbiocco – Noun. The drowsiness experienced after eating a big meal
    curglaff – Noun. The shock felt when entering cold water
    vellichor – Noun. The strange wastefulness of used bookstores
    nellypot – noun. one who walks barefoot
    coddiwopple – Verb. To travel purposefully to a vague destination
    consenescere – Verb. To grow old and grey together; to stay too long in an occupation, to decay, to lose respect, to fade
    redamancy – Noun. The act of loving the one who loves you; a love returned in full.
    desiderium – Noun. An ardent longing, as for something lost
    uitwaaien – Verb. To take a break to clear one’s head. Literally, “To take a walk in the wind.”
    anoesis – Noun. A state of mind consisting of pure sensation of emotion without cognitive content.
    erythropoiesis – Noun. The process of the production of red blood cells
    cyanosis – Adjective. The blueness of the skin as caused by imperfectly oxygenated blood
    leucoderma – Noun. An unusual whiteness in the skin; a pigment deficiency
    amaranthine – Adjective. Undying, immortally beautiful
    kedegenous – Adjective. Causing stress
    thantophobia – Noun. The fear of losing someone you love
    limerence – Noun. The state of being infatuated with another person
    ephorize – Verb. To have an absolute controlling influence over
    kapel – Noun. Sunny days when water stars dripping from icicles
    adoxography – Noun. Beautiful writing on a subject of little or no importance.
    surbed – Verb. To set a stone edgewise or any different position, which it had while it lay in the quarry.
    grike – Noun. (Chiefly British) . A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces do to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants.
    bedrape – verb. Archaic. To dress or clothe
    pederast – noun. a man who engages in pederasty
    vitrification – verb. Make into glass
    collimate – verb. make rays of light or particles parallel
    pallid – adj. pale or tawny
    knosp – noun. a bud-like ornament
    quinine – noun. A bitter crystalline compound present in cinchona bark
    howk – verb. (with object) dig out or up
    desultory – adj. lacking a plan or purpose
    chypre – n. The name of a family (or concept) of perfumes that are characterized by an accord composed of citrus top-notes, a middle centered on cistus labdanum, and a mossy animalistic base-note composed of oak moss and musk 2. Noun. a non-alcoholic perfume containing oils and resins
    cistus – Noun. Biology. Cistus is a genus of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae, containing about 20 species.
    mirth – adj. happiness, glee, pleasantness
    trammel – verb. restrictions or impediments to freedoms or actions
    labdanum – noun. Biology. Also laudanum. A brown sticky resin made from the twigs and sticks of this plant used as both an essential oil in various fragrances, but also as a homeopathic remedy for rheumatism, menstrual cramps, and common colds.
    tarn – noun. A small mountain lake
    muskeg – noun. A North American swamp or bog consisting mostly of water and partly dead vegetation
    nemophilist – noun. One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods
    hain – verb. To save, leave off, or forbear
    goshawk – noun. A large short-winged hawk resembling a large sparrow-hawk
    bothy – noun. (In Scotland) a small hut or village
    nemorous – adjective. Forested, full of trees; dark with shady groves
    interfluve – noun. Geology. A region between the valleys of adjacent watercourses, especially in a dissected upland
    campestral – adjective. Relating to open fields or uncultivated land
    usurp – verb. Take a position of power
    indomite – adjective. Not tamed; untamed; feral, wild
    cismontane – adjective. On this side of the mountains, esp. The Alps
    castrensial – adjective. Belonging to a camp
    ecesis – noun. The establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment
    bathylkopian – noun. The deepest level of the ocean’s layers
    silvicolous – adjective. Growing in woodlands
    transmontane – Noun. A cold north wind blowing in Italy or the adjoining regions of the Adriatic and the Mediterranean.
    montanic – adjective. Of or containing of mountains
    ferity – adjective. The state or quality of being savage
    paludinal – adjective. Inhabiting ponds or swamps
    podzol – noun. An infertile acidic soil having an ash-like subsurface layer
    amnicolost – noun. One who lives near a river
    xerosere – noun. A sere occurring on dry soil
    sere – adjective. Especially of vegetation dry or withered
    vastity – noun. Obsolete. Emptiness or vastness
    verderer – noun. A judicial officer of a royal forest
    arenicolite – noun. Paleontology. An ancient wormhole in sand preserved in the rock.
    cascalho – noun. A deposit of pebbles, gravel, or ferruginous sand
    sabulous -adjective. Sandy or gritty.
    petrean – adjective. Composed of rock or stone; stony
    psammite – noun. A general term for sandstone
    chessil – noun. Gravel or pebbles
    corrasion – noun. Wear caused by wind-blown or water borne sand
    scopulous – adjective. Full of rocks; rocky
    saxicavous – adjective. Boring in rock- used especially of a mollusk or mussel
    strockle – noun. A shovel with a turned up edge used by glass workers
    curaris – noun. A blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American indigenous people for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves
    ciliate – Noun. Zoology. Any species of the phylum Ciliaphora( or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella. Having cilia on part or all of the surface.
    milreis – noun. A silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942
    calotype – noun. an early photographic process

    Here are some other words I absolutely am enampred with:

    catafalque – noun. a decorated wooden framework supporting the coffin of a distinguished person during a funeral or while lying in state.

    cortege – noun. a solemn procession esp. for a funeral

    pall – noun. a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb; figurative. a dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter; figurative. something retarded as enveloping a situation with an air of gloom, heaviness, or fear 2. an ecclesiastical pallium; heraldry. a Y-shape charge representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium. ORIGIN: Old English pell [rich (purple) cloth, ] [cloth cover for a chalice,] from Latin pallium ‘covering, cloak.’

    3. verb. [intrans.] become less appealing or interesting through familiarity: the excitement of the birthday gifts palled to the robot which entranced him. ORIGIN: late Middle English; shortening of APPALL

    columbarium – noun. (pl. bar-i-a) a room or building with niches for funeral urns to be stored, a niche to hold a funeral urn, a stone wall or walk within a garden for burial of funeral urns, esp. attached to a church. ORIGIN: mid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘pigeon house.’

    balefire – noun. a lare open-air fire; a bonfire.

    eloge – noun. a panegyrical funeral oration.

    panegyrical – noun. a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

    aphorism – noun. a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”; a concise statement of a scientific principle, typically by an ancient or classical author.

    elogium – noun. a short saying, an inscription. The praise bestowed on a person or thing; a eulogy

    epicede – noun. dirge elegy; sorrow or care. A funeral song or discourse, an elegy.

    exequy – noun. plural ex-e-quies. usually, exequies. Funeral rites or ceremonies; obsequies. 2. a funeral procession.

    loge – noun. (in theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both 2. a box in a theater or opera house 3. any small enclosure; booth. 4. (in France) a cubicle for the confinement of art students during important examinations

    obit – noun. informal. an obituary 2. the date of a person’s death 3. Obsolete. a Requiem Mass

    obsequy – noun. plural ob-se-quies. a funeral rite or ceremony.

    arval – noun. A funeral feast ORIGIN: W. arwy funeral; ar over + wylo, ‘to weep’ or cf. arf[“o]; Icelandic arfr: inheritance + Sw. [“o]i ale. Cf. Bridal.

    knell – noun. the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially fora death or a funeral 2. a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etcetera of something 3. any mournful sound 4. verb. (used without object). to sound, as a bell, especially a funeral bell 5. verb. to give forth a mournful, ominous, or warning sound.

    bier – noun. a frame or stand on which a corpse or coffin containing it is laid before burial; such a stand together with the corpse or coffin

    coronach – noun. (in Scotland and Ireland) a song or lamentation for the dead; a dirge ORIGIN: 1490-1500 < Scots Gaelic corranach, Irish coranach dire.

    epicedium – noun. plural epicedia. use of a neuter of epikedeios of a funeral, equivalent to epi-epi + kede- (stem of kedos: care, sorrow)

    funerate – verb. to bury with funeral rites

    inhumation – verb(used with an object). to bury

    nenia – noun. a funeral song; an elegy

    pibroch – noun. (in the Scottish Highlands) a piece of music for the bagpipe, consisting of a series of variations on a basic theme, usually martial in character, but sometimes used as a dirge

    pollinctor – noun. one who prepared corpses for the funeral

    saulie – noun. a hired mourner at a funeral

    thanatousia – noun. funeral rites

    ullagone – noun. a cry of lamentation; funeral lament. also, a cry of sorrow ORIGIN: Irish-Gaelic

    ulmaceous – of or like elms

    uloid – noun. a scar

    flagon – noun. a large bottle for drinks such as wine or cide

    ullage – noun. the amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container as a cask or bottle; the quantity of wine, liquor, or the like remaining in a container that has lost part of its content by evaporation, leakage, or use. 3. Rocketry. the volume of a loaded tank of liquid propellant in excess of the volume of the propellant; the space provided for thermal expansion of the propellant and the accumulation of gases evolved from it

    suttee – (also, sati) noun. a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law; A Hindu widow who so immolates herself

    myriologue – noun. the goddess of fate or death. An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend.

    threnody – noun. a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

    charing cross – noun. a square and district in central London, England: major railroad terminals.

    feretory – noun. a container for the relics of a saint; reliquary. 2. an enclosure or area within a church where such a reliquary is kept 3. a portable bier or shrine

    sthenic – adjective. dated Medicine. of or having a high or excessive level of strength and energy

    toff – Noun. British Informal. Derogatory. An upper-class person

    blatherskite – Noun. A person who talks at great length without making any sense

    tatterdemalion – noun. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person. 2. adjective. ragged; unkempt or dilapidated

    curtal – adjective. archaic. shortened, abridged, or curtailed; noun. historical. a dulcian or bassoon of the late 16th to early 18th century.

    dulcian – noun. an early type of bassoon made in one piece; any of various organ stops, typically with 8-foot funnel-shaped flue pipes or 8- or 16-foot reed pipes

    withe – noun. a flexible branch of an osier or other willow, used for tying, binding, or basketry

    osier – noun. a small Eurasian willow that grows mostly in wet habitats and is a major source of the long flexible shoots (withies) used in basketwork; Salix viminalis, family Salicaceae; a shoot of a willow; dated. any willow tree 2. noun. any of several North American dogwoods.

    directoire – adjective. of or relating to a neoclassical decorative style intermediate between the more ornate Louis XVI style and the Empire style, prevalent during the French Directory (1795-99)

    caul – noun. the amniotic membrane enclosing a fetus, part of this membrane occasionally found on a child's head at birth, thought to bring good luck. 2. historical. a woman's close-fitting indoor headdress 3. the omentum.

    undertum – noun. figurative. an implicit quality, emotion, or influence underlying the superficial aspects of something and leaving a particular impression

    surfeit – noun. [usu. in sing.] an excessive amount of something; archaic. an illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking

    ruga – noun. A fold, crease, or wrinkle, as in the lining of the stomach

    swage – noun. a shaped tool or die for giving a desired form to metal by hammering or pressure; 2. a groove, ridge, or other molding o an object 3. verb. shape (metal) using a swage, esp. in order to reduce its cross section.

    And perhaps my favorite word:

    usufruct – Noun. The right to enjoy and live or take residence upon another's property short of its destruction; serfdom

    Please feel free to email me to request my complete personal dictionary/word list.

50. Yes, you missed something, in my opinion. You missed the word “pulchritudinous,” an ugly word that means “beautiful.” It has to be on the list.