Emotions
The most common list of words describing emotions
Pronunciation: kən'tɛnt
the state of being contented with your situation in life
[noun]
Examples:
• he relaxed in sleepy contentedness
• they could read to their heart's content
the amount that can be contained
[noun]
what a communication that is about something is about
[noun]
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
[adjective]
Examples:
• a contented smile
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
[noun]
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
[noun]
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
[noun]
Examples:
• he emptied the contents of his pockets
• the two groups were similar in content
make content
[verb]
Examples:
• I am contented
satisfy in a limited way
[verb]
Examples:
• He contented himself with one glass of beer per day
the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
[noun]
Pronunciation: 'frəstreɪtɪd
disappointingly unsuccessful
[adjective]
Examples:
• many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
Pronunciation: 'hoʊplɪs
certain to fail
[adjective]
Examples:
• the situation is hopeless
(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
[adjective]
Examples:
• she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
• he is a hopeless romantic
of a person unable to do something skillfully
[adjective]
Examples:
• I'm hopeless at mathematics
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
[adjective]
Examples:
• in an agony of hopeless grief
• with a hopeless sigh he sat down
Pronunciation: kɑm
steadiness of mind under stress
[noun]
wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
[noun]
make calm or still
[verb]
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
[verb]
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
[verb]
not agitated; without losing self-possession
[adjective]
Examples:
• spoke in a calm voice
• remained calm throughout the uproar
make steady
[verb]
(of weather) free from storm or wind
[adjective]
Examples:
• calm seas
Pronunciation: 'æŋgri
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
[adjective]
Examples:
• angry clouds on the horizon
feeling or showing anger
[adjective]
Examples:
• angry at the weather
• angry customers
• an angry silence
• sending angry letters to the papers
severely inflamed and painful
[adjective]
Examples:
• an angry sore
Pronunciation: 'greɪtfəl
feeling or showing gratitude
[adjective]
Examples:
• a grateful heart
• grateful for the tree's shade
affording comfort or pleasure
[adjective]
Examples:
• the grateful warmth of the fire
Pronunciation: strɛst
suffering severe physical strain or distress
[adjective]
Examples:
• he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing
bearing a stress or accent
[adjective]
Examples:
• an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'
Pronunciation: ri'livd
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
[adjective]
(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
[adjective]
Pronunciation: 'ɪrɪ,teɪtɪd
aroused to impatience or anger
[adjective]
Examples:
• made an irritated gesture
Pronunciation: 'sætɪs,faɪd
allayed
[adjective]
filled with satisfaction
[adjective]
Examples:
• a satisfied customer
Pronunciation: dɪs'ɡʌstʌd
having a strong distaste from surfeit
[adjective]
Examples:
• grew more and more disgusted
Pronunciation: ɪn'dɪfərənt
characterized by a lack of partiality
[adjective]
Examples:
• a properly indifferent jury
(usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed
[adjective]
(often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other
[adjective]
Examples:
• whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)
• what others think is altogether indifferent to him
marked by a lack of interest
[adjective]
Examples:
• the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent
being neither good nor bad
[adjective]
Examples:
• an indifferent performance
• a gifted painter but an indifferent actor
having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
[adjective]
Examples:
• an indifferent chemical in a reaction
fairly poor to not very good
[adjective]
Examples:
• has an indifferent singing voice
• has indifferent qualifications for the job
marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another
[adjective]
Examples:
• indifferent about which book you would give them
• was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation
neither too great nor too little
[adjective]
Examples:
• a couple of indifferent hills to climb
showing no care or concern in attitude or action
[adjective]
Examples:
• indifferent to the sufferings of others
• indifferent to her plea
Pronunciation: ə'mjuzd
pleasantly occupied
[adjective]
Examples:
• We are not amused
Pronunciation: praʊd
having or displaying great dignity or nobility
[adjective]
Examples:
• proud alpine peaks
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
[adjective]
Examples:
• proud parents
• a proud moment
• proud to serve his country
• a proud name
• proud princes
Pronunciation: 'wɜrid
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
[adjective]
Examples:
• worried parents
• a worried frown
• one last worried check of the sleeping children
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
[adjective]
Examples:
• not used to a city and worried about small things
Pronunciation: 'loʊnli
lacking companions or companionship
[adjective]
Examples:
• a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
• a lonely soul
characterized by or preferring solitude
[adjective]
Examples:
• a lonely existence
devoid of creatures
[adjective]
Examples:
• a lonely crossroads
marked by dejection from being alone
[adjective]
Examples:
• felt sad and lonely
Pronunciation: breɪv
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
[adjective]
Examples:
• Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
[adjective]
face and withstand with courage
[verb]
Examples:
• She braved the elements
brightly colored and showy
[adjective]
Examples:
• girls decked out in brave new dresses
• brave banners flying
a North American Indian warrior
[noun]
people who are brave
[noun]
Examples:
• the home of the free and the brave
Pronunciation: ɪm'bɛrʌst
made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
[adjective]
Examples:
• too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street
feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
[adjective]
Examples:
• was embarrassed by her child's tantrums
Pronunciation: dɪ'skɝrʌdʒd
made less hopeful or enthusiastic
[adjective]
Examples:
• felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
lacking in resolution
[adjective]
Examples:
• the accident left others discouraged about going there
Pronunciation: skɛrd
made afraid
[adjective]
Examples:
• too shocked and scared to move
Pronunciation: 'kɑnfɪdənt
persuaded of; very sure
[adjective]
Examples:
• was confident he would win
not liable to error in judgment or action
[adjective]
having or marked by confidence or assurance
[adjective]
Examples:
• a confident speaker
• a confident reply
• his manner is more confident these days
• confident of fulfillment
Pronunciation: dreɪnd
very tired
[adjective]
drained of electric charge; discharged
[adjective]
Examples:
• left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained
emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
[adjective]
Examples:
• a drained marsh
• a drained tank
• a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything
Pronunciation: 'æŋkʃəs
eagerly desirous
[adjective]
Examples:
• anxious to see the new show at the museum
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
[adjective]
Examples:
• spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
• cast anxious glances behind her
Pronunciation: sæd
bad; unfortunate
[adjective]
Examples:
• her clothes were in sad shape
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
[adjective]
Examples:
• feeling sad because his dog had died
• Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad
of things that make you feel sad
[adjective]
Examples:
• sad news
• she doesn't like sad movies
• it was a very sad story
• When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me
Pronunciation: 'pæʃənɪt
having or expressing strong emotions
[adjective]
Pronunciation: 'ɡɪlti
showing a sense of guilt
[adjective]
Examples:
• a guilty look
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
[adjective]
Examples:
• guilty of murder
• the guilty person
• secret guilty deeds
Pronunciation: ,dɪsə'pɔɪntɪd
disappointingly unsuccessful
[adjective]
Examples:
• disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
Pronunciation: 'dʒɔɪfəl
full of high-spirited delight
[adjective]
Examples:
• a joyful heart
full of or producing joy
[adjective]
Examples:
• make a joyful noise
• a joyful occasion
Pronunciation: sɝr'praɪzd
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
[adjective]
Examples:
• surprised by her student's ingenuity
• surprised that he remembered my name
• a surprised expression
Pronunciation: 'pisfəl
peacefully resistant in response to injustice
[adjective]
not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
[adjective]
Examples:
• a peaceful nation
• peaceful times
• a far from peaceful Christmas
• peaceful sleep
Pronunciation: ə'meɪzd
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
[adjective]
Examples:
• an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation
Pronunciation: 'hoʊpfəl
an ambitious and aspiring young person
[noun]
Examples:
• two executive hopefuls joined the firm
likely to turn out well in the future
[adjective]
Examples:
• a hopeful new singer on Broadway
having or manifesting hope
[adjective]
Examples:
• a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets
• found a hopeful way of attacking the problem
Pronunciation: 'hæpi
marked by good fortune
[adjective]
Examples:
• a happy outcome
well expressed and to the point
[adjective]
Examples:
• a happy turn of phrase
eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
[adjective]
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
[adjective]
Examples:
• a happy smile
• spent many happy days on the beach
• a happy marriage
Pronunciation: ʌ'nɔɪd
aroused to impatience or anger
[adjective]
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
[adjective]
Pronunciation: 'dʒɛləs
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
[adjective]
Examples:
• jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
[adjective]
Examples:
• a jealous lover
Pronunciation: ɪk'saɪtɪd
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
[adjective]
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
[adjective]
(of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
[adjective]
in an aroused state
[adjective]
Pronunciation: ə'ʃeɪmd
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
[adjective]
Examples:
• are you ashamed for having lied?
• felt ashamed of my torn coat
Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmd/
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
[verb]
Examples:
• The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
To overpower, crush.
[verb]
Examples:
• In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
To overpower emotionally.
[verb]
Examples:
• He was overwhelmed with guilt.
To cause to surround, to cover.
[verb]