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Feeling Words

 Do you find that you have trouble expressing how you feel? At a loss for feeling words? Here is a handy list of feeling words

     

      • Anger

           

            • Disgust: Contempt, disgust, revulsion

            • Envy: Envy, jealousy

            • Exasperation: Exasperation, frustration

            • Irritation: Aggravation, agitation, annoyance, grouchiness, grumpiness, irritation

            • Rage: Anger, bitterness, dislike, ferocity, fury, hate, hostility, loathing, outrage, rage, resentment, scorn, spite, vengefulness, wrath

            • Torment: Torment

        • Fear

             

              • Horror: Alarm, fear, fright, horror, hysteria, mortification, panic, shock, terror

              • Nervousness: Anxiety, apprehension, distress, dread, nervousness, tenseness, uneasiness, worry

          • Joy

               

                • Cheerfulness: Amusement, bliss, cheerfulness, delight, ecstasy, elation, enjoyment, euphoria, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, jolliness, joviality, joy, jubilation, satisfaction

                • Contentment: Contentment, pleasure

                • Enthrallment: Enthrallment, rapture

                • Optimism: Eagerness, hope, optimism

                • Pride: Pride, triumph

                • Relief: Relief

                • Zest: Enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, thrill, zeal, zest

            • Love

                 

                  • Affection: Adoration, affection, attraction, caring, compassion, fondness, liking, love, sentimentality, tenderness

                  • Longing: Longing

                  • Lust: Arousal, desire, infatuation, lust, passion

              • Sadness

                   

                    • Disappointment: Disappointment, dismay, displeasure

                    • Neglect: Alienation, defeat, dejection, embarrassment, homesickness, humiliation, insecurity, isolation, insult, loneliness, neglect, rejection

                    • Sadness: Depression, despair, gloom, glumness, grief, hopelessness, melancholy, misery, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe

                    • Shame: Guilt, regret, remorse, shame

                    • Suffering: Agony, anguish, hurt, suffering

                    • Sympathy: Pity, sympathy

                • Surprise

                     

                      • Surprise: Amazement, astonishment, surprise