Emotions doc Flashcards

Emotions (Love & Joy):

• Exultant: Feeling joyful and triumphant, often due to a significant success or victory.

• Enamored/Infatuated: Filled with a sense of love or strong attraction, causing intense feelings of affection.

• Besotted/Smitten/Fervent: Deeply in love or infatuated, showing intense feelings of affection and devotion.

• Gallant: Displaying bravery and nobility, often in the context of chivalrous actions or heroic deeds. Also means attentiveness to women.

• Zealous: Displaying great enthusiasm and passion, often driven by a strong belief or cause.

• Intimate: Characterized by close personal connection, fostering feelings of warmth, comfort, and familiarity.

• Coy: Displaying shyness or modesty, often in a playful or flirtatious manner.

Emotions (Fear & Anxiety):

• Apprehensive: Feeling anxious or fearful about something that might happen, often accompanied by a sense of unease.

• Harrowed: Experiencing significant distress or torment, often due to a traumatic event or situation.

• Overwrought: Feeling agitated or anxious, often to the point of being unable to think clearly or make decisions.

• Timorous: Characterized by fear or shyness, often leading to hesitation or avoidance of certain situations.

Emotions (Sadness & Despair):

• Disconsolate/Bereft/Woebegone/Despondent/Forlorn: Feeling deeply unhappy or without hope, often as a result of loss or disappointment.

• Heartsick: Experiencing mental depression, often accompanied by feelings of sadness, loneliness, and hopelessness.

• Mournful: Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief, often in response to a loss or tragedy.

• Downcast: Feeling dejected or disheartened, often due to a setback or disappointment.

• Grief-stricken: Extremely distressed by grief, typically as a result of a significant loss or bereavement.

• Glum: Looking or feeling dejected, often with a sullen or unhappy expression.

• Crestfallen: Feeling sad and disappointed, often as a result of failure or rejection.

Emotions (Anger & Frustration):

• Chagrined/Vexed/Piqued: Feeling annoyed or humiliated, often due to a disappointment or setback.

• Disgruntled: Feeling dissatisfied or discontented, often due to a perceived injustice or grievance.

• Livid: Feeling furiously angry, often to the point of being unable to control one's emotions or actions.

• Irate/Incensed/Seething/Wrathful/Indignant/Infuriated/Exasperated/Ballistic: Feeling or showing intense anger, often accompanied by a desire for retaliation or punishment.

• Petulant/Resentful/Belligerent: Displaying bad-tempered behavior, often characterized by irritability, impatience, and aggression.

• Vitriolic: Filled with bitter criticism or malice, often expressed through harsh and scathing language.

• Aggrieved: Feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated, often leading to bitterness or indignation.

• Tetchy: Easily irritated or bad-tempered, often reacting defensively or aggressively to minor provocations.

• Choleric: Bad-tempered or irritable, often prone to outbursts of anger or frustration.

• Surly: Bad-tempered and unfriendly, often displaying a dismissive or uncooperative attitude.

Emotions (Regret & Remorse):

• Contrite/Rueful: Feeling remorseful or regretful, often accompanied by a desire to make amends for past actions.

Emotions (Secrecy & Caution):

• Furtive: Acting in a secretive or sly manner, often to avoid being noticed or detected.

• Reticent: Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily, often due to shyness, discretion, or distrust.

Emotions (Brooding & Pessimism):

• Morose/Woeful/Lugubrious/Melancholic/Saturnine: Feeling sullen and ill-tempered, often characterized by gloom, pessimism, and a lack of enthusiasm.

• Pensive: Engaged in deep or serious thought, often with a contemplative or introspective demeanor.

• Sullen: Bad-tempered and sulky, often displaying a withdrawn or resentful attitude.

Emotions (Stubbornness & Nonconformity):

• Recalcitrant: Obstinately uncooperative, often resisting authority or control.

• Impulsive: Acting without forethought, often leading to rash decisions or behaviors.