Category: emotion

31 entries.

• Abhorrentadjective— Causing intense disgust or moral revulsion.
• Adulationnoun— Extreme or excessive admiration or flattery.
• Aggrievedadjective— Feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated.
• Ambivalentadjective— Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
• Antipathynoun— A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion.
• Ardornoun— Enthusiasm or passion.
• Assuageverb— Make less intense.
• Bereftadjective— Deprived of or lacking something.
• Compunctionnoun— A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.
• Consternationnoun— Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
• Contretempsnoun— A minor dispute or disagreement.
• Contritionnoun— The state of feeling remorseful and penitent.
• Deridedverb— Express contempt for; ridicule.
• Derisionnoun— The use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt.
• Effusiveadjective— Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
• Guiseverb— A display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive.
• Incredulousadjective— Unwilling or unable to believe something.
• Indignantadjective— Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.
• Indignationnoun— Anger about a situation that you think is wrong or not fair.
• Invidiousadjective— Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others.
• Malaisenoun— A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify.
• Nonplussedadjective— Surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react.
• Odiousadjective— Extremely unpleasant, repulsive, or deserving of hatred.
• Pathosnoun— A quality that evokes pity or sadness.
• Perilousadjective— Full of danger or risk.
• Respitenoun— A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.
• Reverienoun— A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
• Satiateadjective— Satisfied to the full.
• Sentimentalitynoun— Excessive tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
• Unrequitedadjective— Not returned or reciprocated, especially affection or love.
• Vehementadjective— Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.