Emotions doc Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about emotions and feelings.

Apprehensive

Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Disconsolate

Deeply unhappy or without hope.

Exultant

Triumphantly happy.

Bereft

Deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset.

Chagrined

Feeling distressed or humiliated.

Contrite

Feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.

Disgruntled

Angry or dissatisfied.

Enamored

Filled with love and desire.

Infatuated

Filled with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something.

Furtive

Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

Gallant

Courageous; heroic.

Harrowed

Distressed; tormented.

Livid

Furiously angry.

Morose

Sullen and ill-tempered.

Overwrought

In a state of anxiety and excitement, typically about something that one is going to do or that is going to happen.

Piqued

Feeling irritated or resentful.

Quixotic

Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.

Ravenous

Extremely hungry.

Rueful

Expressing sorrow or regret, especially when done in a slightly humorous way.

Timorous

Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence.