05-Emotions Database

Emotion	Comment
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Abandonment
acceptance
Accusing.
achievement
Acutely	used for emphasizing that a feeling often an unpleasant one is very strong
Addictive
Addictive demands
Addictive Models
adequacy
Admirable
Admiration
Affable
Affectionate
Affective	relating to the emotions or to someone’s moods
Afraid
Aggression
Agitation
Agonized
Agonized: as if in pain or tormented
Agreeable
Alarm out of Kilter
Alertness
Alienation
Aliveness
Alluring
Alluring-Arousing
amazing
amiable
amused
Amusement
amusing
Anger	Angry Sad…
Anger	fuming mad
Anger	he saw red
Anger	all hairs on her body stood on their ends
Anger	boiling mad
Anger
Angry
angry:	She was angry with her boss for criticising her work."…
Anguish
animated
Annoyance
Annoyed
annoyed	I get so irritated when he changes TV channels without asking me first."…
annoyed:	I'm very annoyed with him. He hasn't returned any of my calls."…
annoyed:	She was annoyed by his comments.…
antagonism
Anticipation	butterflies in the stomach
Anticipation	could hear his heart throbbing loudly
Anticipation
Anxiety
Anxious
Apathy
appalled	very shocked: "They were appalled to hear that they would lose their jobs."…
Appealing
Appealing
Appealing: attractive,
appreciative
Apprehension
Apprehension
apprehensive	slightly worried: "I felt a little apprehensive before my interview."…
Approval
Arousing
Ashamed	ashamed
ashamed:	How could you say such a thing? You should be ashamed of yourself!"…
astonishing
Astonishment
at the end of your tether
Attraction
Attractive
authentic
Awe
Basic	basic feelings are the natural feelings that everyone has
Beauty
believable
Belittling.
belongingness
benevolent
betrayed	when someone breaks the trust you have in them: "He betrayed my trust when he repeated my secret to everyone."…
bewildered	completely fed up: "The children have been misbehaving all day – I'm at the end of my tether."…
bewildered	at the end of your tether
bewildered	very confused: "He was bewildered by the choice of computers in the shop."…
Bite my ass
Bitter	involving very angry feelings
Bitterness
Blaming.
Blind	a blind emotion or belief is so strong that you do not question it in any way even if it is unreasonable
Bliss
blissful
Blooming
Board
Boredom
bouncy
Bribing.
brilliant
bubbly
Bulling
Buoyant
Burning	felt extremely strongly
Buzzing
calm good
Caprice
Cardinal
Cardinal Emotions
Caring
Casual	not involving strong feelings or emotions deep
Caution
Chain of Thoughts
Charismatic
Charity
charming
cheated	when you don't get something that you think you deserve: "Of course I feel cheated – I should have won that competition."…
cheery
Cleanliness
clever
Climatic
Coercive
Cold
Comfortable
comical
commendable
Compassion
competence
Competitive
Complacement
Complacent
completely fed up	The children have been misbehaving all day – I'm at the end of my tether
completion
Conceited
Conceited
Confidence
Confidence/Pride
confident
confident	sure of your abilities: "I'm confident that we can find a solution to this problem."…
Confused
confused:	I'm sorry I forgot your birthday – I was confused about the dates."…
Confusion
congenial
Connoisseur
content
Contentment
Cooperation
cordial
courteous
Cowardice
Critical
cross	quite angry: "I was cross with him for not helping me as he said he would."…
Crying
Curiosity
Danger	could feel the impending danger
Decay
dedicated
deep-rooted	a deep feeling or emotion is very strong
deep-rooted	the great strength of a feeling
deep-seated	a deep-rooted feeling belief idea etc. is strong and you have had it.
Defeated
Defensive
Delight	head was dizzy with delight
delighted
delighted	very happy: "I'm delighted that I got the job. It's just what I always wanted."
delightful
Denial
dependable
Depressed	gloomy and depressed
depressed	very sad: "After he failed his English exam he was depressed for a week."
Depression
Desire
Despair
Desperation
Despondent
devoted
dichotomy-transcendence
Differences
Disappointed
Disappointed	disappointed: "When you didn't turn up to the meeting I felt really let down."
Disappointed	She was disappointed by her son's poor results at school."
Disappointment
Disapproval
Discomfort
Discovery
Discriminating
Disgust
Dishearten
Dislike
Disrespect
Distrust
docile
Dogmatic
Dominated
Doubt
down in the dumps	sad and fed up: "What's the matter with him? He's so down in the dumps these days.
Drama
dynamic
Eager
earnest
easygoing
ebullient
Ecstatic	he was ecstatic over
ecstatic
ecstatic	extremely happy: "When he asked her to marry him she was ecstatic."
effortlessness
Ego Sparking
Elated
Elation
Embarrassed
embarrassed	slightly ashamed: "I felt so embarrassed that I went bright red."
Embarrassment	Shock Embarrassment Tired Hungry…
Embarrassment	face turned beet red with
Embarrassment	dig herself a hole and hide
Embarrassment	feel herself shrivel up into a dried prune
Embarrassment
Emotional	was over the moon
emotional	relating to feelings and the way that they affect your life
emotional	you have strong feelings (happy or sad) and you cry: "When he heard the news he became quite emotional."…
emotionally
Emotions
Empathy
emphatic
enchanting
Energetic
Enthusiasm
Enthusiastic
entrenched	entrenched attitudes or feelings have existed for a long time and are difficult to change
envious	when you want something that someone else has: "I'm very envious of her happiness – I wish I was happy too.
Envy	green with envy
Euphoria
Euphoric
Evaluating
Exasperation
excellent
exceptional
Excited
Excited/Elated
excited:	I'm excited by the new opportunities that the internet brings."
Excitement	tingling with anxiety/excitement
Excitement	pumping with adrenaline
Excitement
Exciting
Exhaustion
Exhilaration
Expressing Cardinal Emotions: Male vs. Female
exquisite	felt in an extreme way
exquisitely
extraordinary
exultant
fabulous
Failure
faithful
fantastic
Fatigue
Fear	a shiver ran down her spine
Fear	trembling with fear
Fear	swallowed down a gulp and
Fear	beads of cold sweat were dripping down
Fear
Feeling Free
Feeling Great
fervent
fierce	involving very strong feelings such as determination anger or hate
Flexibility
Flippancy
Fondness
Fore longing
fortunate
Free
friendly
frightened:	As a child she was frightened of the dark."
Frustrated
Frustration
fun
Furious	furious over/with
furious	very angry: "I was furious with him for breaking my favorite vase."…
genuine
glad
glorious
Glory
good-humored
good-natured
goodness
gracious
grateful
Gratitude
Grave
great
great	very good: "I feel great today!"…
Great idea
Greed
Grief	felt wretched with grief
Grief
grief filled
growing	a growing feeling or situation is starting to exist more often and is becoming more important or serious
Guilt
Guilt-given.
guilty
Happiness
Happy	elated to
Happy	in high spirits
Happy
Happy	She was happy to hear the good news."
happy:	She was happy to hear the good news.…
Harried
Hate
Hatred
Haughty
Haughty/Smug/Superior
Heartache
Heartbreak
heartfelt	a heartfelt emotion remark or action is very sincere
hearty	hearty feelings are sincere and you feel them strongly
helpless	helpless laughter  tears etc are so strong that you cannot control them
Hilarious
honest
Honor
honorable
Hope
Hopeful
Horor	was horrified by
horrified	very shocked: "I'm horrified by the amount of violence on television today."…
hostile
Hostility
Humble
Humble/Meek/Shy
Humor
humorous
Hunger
Hungry	ravenous for
Hungry	as hungry as a wolf
Hungry	famished
Hungry	wolfed down his food
Hungry	stomach was begging for food
Hurt
Hysteria
I can’t tell you how/what	used for emphasizing that your feelings about something are very strong
I’ve done it
I’ve won
Identification
ill-concealed	an ill-concealed feeling is one you do not hide well  so that other people can see how you feel
Impassioned
Impatience
incredible
Indifference
Indignation
inexpressible	an inexpressible feeling is very strong and impossible to describe
Infatuation
infectious	feelings or ways of behaving that are infectious make other people feel the same or behave in the same way
infectiously
infectiousness
Inferiority
Insecurity
inspirational
Intensity
intimacy
Intimidation
intrigued	being so interested in something you have to find out more: "I'm intrigued to hear about your safari in Kenya."…
Introspective
Irate
irresistible
irresistible
Irritable
Irritated
irritated	annoyed: "I get so irritated when he changes TV channels without asking me first."
irritated
Irritation
Isolation
It worked
jaded	tired and having no interest: "After 10 years at this company I just feel jaded."…
jealous
jealous	envious: "She was jealous of her sister's new toy."…
Jealousy	Envy…
Jealousy	felt a pang of  jealousy
Jealousy
Job well done
jolly
jovial
Joy	jumping with joy
Joy
joyful
joyous
jubilant
Jumping out of skin
justice
keen
keen:	I'm keen to see your new house – I've heard lots about it."…
keen:	I'm keen on keeping fit.…
kind
Kindness
Labeling
laudable
laughing
Laughter
Laziness
lazy:	I can't be bothered to do anything today – I feel really lazy!"…
let down	disappointed: "When you didn't turn up to the meeting I felt really let down."…
likable
lively
Loathing
Loneliness
Lonely
Longing
Lonlyness	knife was pierced through the heart
Love
Love & Attraction
Love-(Parent-Child)
Love-(Romatic)
lovely
loving
loyal
Lucky
lucky:	I'm going to play the lottery – I feel lucky today!"…
Lust
Macho
Madness
Magnificent
Manlpulative
Marvelous
maternal	feeling like a mother: "Looking at my sister's new baby made me feel really maternal."…
Meek
Meritorious
merry
Mild
mild-mannered
Misery
mixed feelings/emotions	mixed feelings or emotions make you not certain how you feel about someone or something
Moral Purity
Moralizing.
mortal	used for emphasizing that a particular feeling is extremely strong
naked	naked emotions are very strong and can be clearly seen in someone’s expression
nakedly
nakedness
ndignation
necessity
negative	when you can only see the disadvantages: "I feel very negative about my job – the pay is awful."…
Nervious	hands felt clammy
Nervious	jittery
nervous
Nervousness
nice
No Control	helplessly drawn into/towards
noble
nonplussed	so surprised that you don't know what to do next: "I was so nonplussed by his announcement that I couldn't say anything."…
Oblivious
Optimism
order
Outrage
outstanding
over the moon	delighted: "She was over the moon with her new bicycle and rode it every day for a whole year."…
overjoyed
overpowering	an overpowering feeling is so strong that you cannot control it
overpoweringly
overt	used about feelings and opinions that are expressed in a very open way
overwhelmed	so much emotion that you don't know what to say or do: "I was overwhelmed by the offer of promotion at work."…
overwhelming	an overwhelming emotion is very strong often so strong that you cannot think or behave normally
Pain	writhing in agony
Pain	stabbed forcefully with a blunt knife
Pain	keel over in gut wrenching pain
Pain	filled with agony
Pain	sharp pain sear through
Pain	felt the pain shoot right to his head
Pain	the pain was excruciating
Pain (physical/emotional)
Pain-Emotional
Pain-Physical
pains
Panic
Paralyzed
Paranoia
Passion
passionate
Passive	could not bring herself to meet his eyes
Peace
peaceful
Peeved
pent up	pent up emotions are strong feelings for example anger that you do not express so that they gradually become more difficult to control
perfection
personal	used about your own opinions or feelings
piercing	piercing feelings are very strong and usually unpleasant
Pissed off
placid
playfulness
pleasant
pleasing
pleasurable
Pleasure	sense of pleasure
positive
positive	opposite of negative – seeing the good side of something: "She's a very positive person and never lets anything get her down."…
positive	very sure: "Are you sure that's what you want? Yes – I'm positive."…
Power
Powerless
Powerless/Defeated
praiseworthy
Preaching.
Prejudice
prestige
Pride	surge of pride well up
Pride	chest stuck out proudly
Pride	as proud as a peacock
Pride
primal	relating to something very basic especially very basic needs or emotions
Primal Reaction
primeval	primeval feelings are natural and happen without thinking
profound	used about very strong feelings especially negative ones
prominent
proud
Querulousness
quiet	used about feelings that someone has but does not show or talk about
Quixotic
Rage	mind was engulfed by rage
Rage	livid with rage
Rage
raw	a raw emotion or quality is strong and natural but not controlled or developed
Reassurance
recognition.
Regret
Regretful
Rejection
Rejoice
relationships
relaxed cheerful
relaxed:	I was completely relaxed after I came back from holiday."…
reliable
Relief
Reluctance
Reluctance
reluctant	used for describing a feeling that you have but you wish you did not have
reluctant	when you don't want to do something: "I'm reluctant to buy a new car – the one we have is fine."…
Remorse
Repent
repressed	used about people’s emotions
Resentful
Resentful/Sullen
Resentment
Resignation
Resigned
respectable
Restlessness
Revenge
Revulsion
richness
Ridiculing.
Righteous
righteous	righteous feelings are caused by a belief that you are right to feel angry for example because of something bad or wrong
Rigidity
roots
Rotten
sad
Sad	felt gloomy
Sad	filled with misery
Sad	felt a sense of dread
Sad	broke down into tears
sad:	It makes me sad to see all those animals in cages at the zoo."…
Sadness
Sadness/Grief
Safety
Sarcasm
Sarcasm/Verbal Disrespect & Sardonicism
Sardonicism
Satisfaction
scared	frightened: "Are you scared of heights?"…
security
seething	extremely angry but hiding it: "She was seething after her boss criticized her."…
Self-pitty
self-sufficiency
sentimental	relating to emotions rather than reason
Separateness
Serenity
Shaking
Shame
Shaming.
sharp
sharp	a sharp feeling is sudden and strong
She was annoyed by his comments
Shock
Shy
Sick	feel the stomach twisting and turning in agony
simplicity
sincere
skin-deep	a skin-deep quality or feeling is not as strong or important as it seems or as someone wants it to appear
Slacker
Smiling
Smug
sneaking	a sneaking feeling is one that you are not sure about or do not want to have
Soiled
Somber
Sorrow	was heart-rending to see her
Sorrow
Sorry
Soulful
spirited
splendid
stability
status
strength
stressed	being worried or anxious about something so you can't relax: "I feel really stressed at work – I need a break."…
stressed	He was stressed out by all the travelling in his job.…
strong	firmly believed or firmly felt
structure
Stubbornness
subconscious	relating to thoughts or feelings that you have but do not think about or do not realize you have
subconsciously
Success
Sullen
superb
Superior
Superiority
Surprise	so surprised that you don't know what to do next: "I was so nonplussed by his announcement that I couldn't say anything."
Surprise	was surprised to
Surprise	amazed to find
Surprise	unexpected
Surprise	mortified to see
Surprise	astounded
Surprise	flabbergasted
Surprise	was astonished
Surprise	felt as if he was being pulled over by an invisible thread
Surprise
Suspense
Suspicion
Sympathy
Sympathy/Empathy
Target
Tears
Tempation	could not resist
Temptation	Nervous/Excitement Pain Pride Temptation…
tenacious	tenacious ideas beliefs or habits continue for a long time and are difficult to change
Tenderness
tense
tense	not relaxed: "You look a bit tense. Did you have a bad day at work?"…
terrible	ill or tired: "I've got a blinding headache and I feel terrible."…
terrific
terrific	fantastic: "I feel terrific today!"…
terrified	very scared: "She's terrified of spiders and screams whenever she sees one."…
terrified	very scared: "She's terrified of spiders and screams whenever she sees one."
Terrifying
Terrifying
Terror	frozen with terror
Terror
thankful
Thinking	unconsciously gravitating towards
Thirst
Threatening.
Thrills
Tired	worn out with fatigue
Tired	could not muster up a single ounce of strength any more
Tired	dog tired
Tired	limbs felt as if they were chained to iron shackles
Tired	dragging himself on limply
Tired	his body felt as if it was made of lead
Tormented
Touching
Tranquil
Treachery
tremendous
Trepidation
triumphant
trustworthy
trusty
Truth
truthful
Turmoil
Ugliness
Uncertainty
Uncertainty/Unconvinced
unconcealed	an unconcealed emotion is one that you do not try to hide
unconscious	an unconscious feeling or thought is one that you do not realize that you have
unconsciously
uncontrollable	an uncontrollable feeling is one that you cannot control or stop
uncontrollably
Uncontrolled
Unconvinced
undivided	not mixed with other feelings or intentions
Unease
Uneasy	stomach growling
uneasy	used about someone’s feelings or behavior
unfeigned	an unfeigned emotion is real
ungovernable	an ungovernable feeling is very difficult to control
Unhappiness
unhappy	sad: "I was unhappy to hear that I hadn't got the job."…
unhappy	sad: "I was unhappy to hear that I hadn't got the job."
uniqueness
unreasoning	an unreasoning emotion is one that you feel very strongly without a good reason to feel that way
unrelenting	used about people’s actions or feelings
Unselfish
unshaken	unshaken feelings or beliefs remain strong despite disappointments
unstinting	used for emphasizing how strong someone’s feelings are
unstinting	used about things that people say and do
up and down	sometimes happy and well and sometimes not
uplifting
upset	angry or unhappy: "I'm sorry you're upset – I didn't mean to be rude."…
Uptightness
Urgency
Vain
Vanity
Vanity
vehemence
vehement	involving extremely strong feelings or beliefs
vehemently
Vengeance
victimized	to feel you are the victim of someone or something: "My boss kept criticizing me and not the others so I felt quite victimized."
victorious
vigorous
Virtue
virtuous
virulence
virulent	virulent feelings or actions are extremely strong and angry
virulently
visceral	relating to basic emotions that you feel strongly and automatically
vivacious
volcanic	a volcanic feeling is very strong sudden and uncontrolled
Wariness
Warmth
weak	a weak feeling or attitude is one that you are not certain about and might easily lose
whimsical
wholeness
with all your heart (and soul)
witty
wonderful
wonderful	great: "I felt wonderful after such a relaxing weekend."…
Wondering
Wonderment
worried
Worry
Worthless
worthy
Wounded/Hurt
Wrath
Xenophobia
Yearning
Zeal
zealous
zestful