One word for feelings and emotions

В этой статье разберем слова, выражения, идиомы и фразовые глаголы, которые используют носители языка для выражения эмоций: от восторга до глубокой печали.

Когда эмоции переполняют, часто не хватает слов, чтобы описать свое состояние. Если вы пропустили последний автобус, наступили в глубокую лужу и вдобавок потеряли ключи от квартиры, сказать, что вам грустно (I’m sad!) будет просто преступлением! А во время путешествия по Италии, когда каждый день наполнен приключениями и открытиями, хочется использовать более сильные выражения, чем обычное I’m happy! (Я счастлив!).

Радость

I’m happy — первое, что приходит в голову, когда нужно сказать по-английски, что вы счастливы. Давайте рассмотрим, как правильно использовать фразу to be happy, и выучим другие слова и выражения для описания радостных эмоций.

1. Чтобы сказать, что вы рады что-то сделать, используйте фразу to be happy to do something или happy to be doing something:

   I’m very happy to see you. — Я очень рада тебя видеть!
   All the kids were extremely happy to be taking part in the contest. — Все дети были очень рады принять участие в конкурсе.

2. Когда вы радуетесь из-за того, что случилось что-то хорошее, вы можете использовать фразу to be happy that something has happened:

   I’m happy that I have had my car finally repaired. — Я так счастлив, что мою машину наконец отремонтировали.

3. Если вы счастливы из-за чего-то, используйте фразу to be happy about something:

   I’m so happy about being hired. — Я так счастлива, что меня приняли на работу.
4. Если вы очень рады за кого-то, можно использовать фразу to happy for someone:

   I can’t explain how happy I am for you. — Не могу передать, как я рада за тебя.

В таблице ниже мы собрали слова и выражения, которые вы можете использовать, чтобы выразить радость на английском.

Слово	Перевод	Пример
cheerful	радостный, веселый	I’m in a cheerful mood today. — Сегодня у меня радостное настроение.
excited	очень радостный	I’m so excited that we’re going to Portugal! — Я так рада, что мы едем в Португалию!
delighted	очень радостный	I was delighted by the result of my test. — Я очень обрадовалась результатам теста.
thrilled	в восторге	She was thrilled about having a vacation in Italy. — Она была в восторге из-за предстоящего отпуска в Италии.
overjoyed	вне себя от радости	I’m overjoyed that my sister is coming to visit me. — Я вне себя от радости, что моя сестра едет меня навестить.
pleased	рад, доволен	Are you pleased about your promotion? — Вы довольны повышением?
glad	рад, доволен	I’ll be glad when the conflict is over. — Я буду рад, когда конфликт завершится.
to be in a good mood	пребывать в хорошем настроении	It was the day before her vacation, so Anna was in a good mood. — Это был последний день перед отпуском, поэтому Анна была в хорошем настроении.
to be thrilled to bits (informal)	быть в восторге	Paul was thrilled to bits when I prepared his favorite pie. — Пол был просто в восторге, когда я приготовила его любимый пирог.
to be over the moon (BrE)	на седьмом небе от счастья	I was over the moon when I won the prize. — Я был на седьмом небе от счастья, когда выиграл приз.
to be on top of the world	на седьмом небе от счастья	She was on top of the world at that party. — Она чувствовала себя на седьмом небе от счастья на той вечеринке.
on cloud nine	на седьмом небе от счастья	Tom was on cloud nine after the birth of his daughter. — Том был на седьмом небе от счастья после рождения дочери.
in seventh heaven	на седьмом небе от счастья	Parents got Dave a puppy for Christmas, and he was in seventh heaven. — Родители подарили Дэйву щенка на Рождество, и он был на седьмом небе от счастья.
to be walking/floating on air	быть очень счастливым	When I finally passed my driving test, I was walking on air for days. — Когда я наконец сдал тест по вождению, я был очень счастлив еще несколько дней.
to be walking/floating on a cloud	быть очень счастливым	She wasn’t leaving after all. He was floating on a cloud. — В конце концов, она решила не уезжать. Он был очень счастлив.
to have a whale of a time (informal)	весело провести время	We had a whale of a time on our honeymoon. — Мы отлично провели время в нашем свадебном путешествии.

Грусть

Когда день не задался или случилось что-то плохое, мы можем использовать прилагательное sad (грустный), чтобы описать свое настроение, но лучше употреблять синонимы, которые разнообразят вашу речь и более точно опишут эмоции.

Слово	Перевод	Пример
unhappy	несчастный	I was deeply unhappy at school. — Я был глубоко несчастен в школе.
dejected	грустный, разочарованный	Sam sounded dejected when he told me that he hadn’t got the job. — Голос Сэма звучал разочарованно, когда он сказал мне, что не получил работу.
downcast	грустный, разочарованный	You looked a little downcast this morning. — Утром ты выглядела немного грустной.
down	несчастный, разочарованный	Whenever I’m feeling down, I buy myself a cake. — Когда я чувствую себя несчастной, я покупаю себе пирожное.
miserable	глубоко несчастный	I felt miserable and blamed myself for what I had said to my sister. — Я чувствовал себя несчастным и винил себя за то, что сказал сестре.
depressed	подавленный, угнетенный	After his wife broke up with him, he became depressed. — После того как его бросила жена, он стал очень подавленным.
heartbroken	убитый горем	Anna was heartbroken when her dog got lost. — Анна была убита горем, когда ее собака потерялась
distressed	убитый горем	My family was distressed over the loss of our house in the storm. — Моя семья была убита горем из-за потери дома во время шторма.
devastated	опустошенный, подавленный	The whole city was devastated by this awful tragedy. — Весь город был подавлен этой ужасной трагедией.
to get (smb) down	привести (кого-то) в уныние, испортить (кому-то) настроение	The bad weather gets me down. ― Плохая погода приводит меня в уныние.

Гнев и злость

Даже такие негативные эмоции, как раздражение и злость нужно уметь описывать на английском. Еще на начальных уровнях вы выучили выражения I’m angry (я зол) и I feel angry (я зол), а сегодня мы немного расширим ваш словарный запас новой лексикой:

1. Чтобы сказать, что вы сердитесь на кого-то, используйте фразу to be angry at/with:

   I was so angry at him as he hadn’t told me his plans. — Я так рассердилась на него из-за того, что он не рассказал мне о своих планах.

2. Если вы рассержены из-за чего-то, используйте предлог about:

   I don’t understand what Tom’s angry about. — Я не понимаю, из-за чего Том так рассержен.

Слово	Перевод	Пример
annoyed	раздраженный, раздосадованный	She was annoyed that no one had told her the class was called off. — Она была раздражена из-за того, что никто ей не сказал, что урок отменили.
irritated	раздраженный	Adam was irritated with himself for his stupid behavior at the party. — Адам был раздражен из-за своего глупого поведения на вечеринке.
furious	яростный	Don’t tell Mom I broke her favorite cup — she’ll be furious. — Не говори маме, что я разбила ее любимую кружку, она будет в ярости.
outraged	возмущенный	I was outraged by his rude and very unpleasant statement. — Я была возмущена его грубым и очень неприятным высказыванием.
mad (informal)	рассерженный	Mike was mad at his wife for damaging their car. — Майк был рассержен на жену из-за того, что она повредила машину.
to get cross with somebody (BrE, informal)	раздраженный из-за кого-то, сердитый на кого-то	My Mom gets cross with me if I leave the kitchen in a mess. — Моя мама очень сердится на меня, если я оставляю на кухне беспорядок.
to be in a bad/foul mood	быть в плохом/раздраженном настроении	He seems to be in a bad mood about something. — Кажется, он в плохом настроении из-за чего-то.
to blow up	взорваться от гнева	She might blow up at any second. — Она может взорваться в любую секунду.
hit the roof/ceiling	сильно рассердиться	Mom will hit the roof when she finds out I failed all the exams. — Мама очень рассердится, когда узнает, что я провалил все экзамены.
hot under the collar (informal)	быть очень сердитым	My wife was really hot under the collar when I told her that I had lost the job again. — Моя жена была вне себя от ярости, когда я сказал ей, что опять потерял работу.
to fly into a rage	впадать в ярость	Our teacher flew into a rage when she realized no-one had been listening to her. — Наша учительница просто впала в ярость, когда поняла, что ее никто не слушал.

Страх

Как и любая другая эмоция, страх может отражать множество оттенков: от легкого испуга до настоящего ужаса. Для начала разберем самые распространенные прилагательные со значением «испуганный» — afraid, frightened и scared:

1. Чтобы сказать, что вы боитесь кого-то или чего-то, используйте фразу to be afraid/frightened/scared of:

   A lot of people are afraid of spiders. — Много людей боятся пауков.
   She was frightened of her boss. — Она боялась своего начальника.
2. Если вы боитесь сделать что-то, свои чувства можно выразить с помощью фразы to be afraid/frightened/scared to do something:

   I was afraid to show anyone my scars. — Я боялась показать кому-то свои шрамы.
   The child was too scared to talk. — Ребенок был слишком напуган, чтобы говорить.

Между словами frightened, scared и afraid есть небольшая разница в употреблении. Scared звучит менее формально, чем frightened, поэтому именного его вы с большей вероятностью услышите в речи носителей языка, а вот afraid — наиболее формальный вариант из всех синонимов.

Слово	Перевод	Пример
alarmed	встревоженный	She was alarmed as she had to perform in front of an audience. — Она была встревожена, поскольку она должна была выступить перед аудиторией.
fearful (formal)	напуганный	Emma was fearful that she might fail the exam. — Эмма боялась, что может провалить экзамен.
terrified	очень напуган	Some passengers looked terrified as the plane took off. — Некоторые пассажиры выглядели очень испуганными, когда самолет взлетел.
petrified	оцепеневший от страха	Bank employees were petrified with fear when they saw a robber with a gun. — Работники банка оцепенели от страха, когда увидели грабителя с оружием.
to be scared stiff/scared to death (informal)	быть напуганным до смерти	I had to make a speech, and I was scared to death. — Я должен был произнести речь, поэтому был напуган до смерти.
to freeze up	замереть от страха	I didn’t know what to do. I just froze up. — Я не знала, что делать. Я просто замерла от страха.

Растерянность

Если вы никак не можете ни на чем сосредоточиться, все валится из рук, и вам надо рассказать об этом на английском — воспользуйтесь фразами и выражениями из таблицы.

Слово	Перевод	Пример
confused	растерянный	She was rather confused by his words. — Она была довольна растеряна после его слов.
puzzled	озадаченный	Ross looked puzzled when everyone started laughing. — Росс выглядел озадаченным, когда все начали смеяться.
baffled	озадаченный, сбитый с толку	Her rude question about my weight baffled me completely. — Ее грубый вопрос о моем весе полностью сбил меня с толку.
bewildered	озадаченный, сбитый с толку	I’m still rather bewildered by her unexpected resignation from her position. — Я до сих пор немного сбит с толку ее неожиданным уходом с должности.
dazed	растерянный, не способный четко мыслить	You’re looking a bit dazed — has something happened? — Ты выглядишь немного растерянной. Что-то случилось?
bemused	поставленный в тупик	I was slightly bemused after she left without any explanation. — Меня немного поставило в тупик то, что она ушла без объяснений.
can’t think straight (informal)	неспособный нормально мыслить	I just can’t think straight now because of all the events. — Я просто не в состоянии сейчас думать из-за всех этих событий.
to be at a loss	растерянный, в замешательстве	He was at a loss which tie to choose. — Он был в замешательстве, какой галстук выбрать.

Волнение

Кроме worried (обеспокоенный) есть еще много прилагательных, которые помогут вам описать чувство волнения и тревоги на английском.

Слово	Перевод	Пример
worried	обеспокоенный	I was so worried that I couldn’t think straight. — Я так беспокоилась, что не могла нормально мыслить.
anxious	тревожащийся	My granny always gets anxious if we don’t arrive on time. — Моя бабушка всегда тревожится, если мы не приезжаем вовремя.
nervous	нервничающий	I always feel nervous before an exam. — Я всегда нервничаю перед экзаменом.
uneasy	беспокойный, напряженный, чувствующий дискомфорт	When Mary wasn’t home by midnight, I began to feel uneasy. — Когда Мэри не было дома к полуночи, мне стало неспокойно.
concerned (formal)	озабоченный, обеспокоенный	He was really concerned to hear that his wife had had an accident. — Он был очень обеспокоен, узнав, что его жена попала в аварию.
bothered	взволнованный, обеспокоенный	Jerry is very bothered about what his father thinks of him. — Джерри очень волнует то, что о нем думает отец.
stressed (out) (informal)	вымотанный, напряженный	He has been working for ten hours today and is really stressed out. — Сегодня он проработал десять часов и очень сильно вымотался.
troubled	озабоченный	Are you okay? You look a bit troubled. — У тебя все в порядке? Ты выглядишь немного озабоченным.

Обратите внимание, что слово anxious обычно используется, когда говорят об общем чувстве беспокойства и тревожности без видимой причины. Однако оно более формальное, чем worried.

Удивление

Как быть, если случилось что-то удивительное и вам надо сказать об этом на английском, но слово surprised (удивленный) и близко не может передать ваши эмоции? Интересные варианты вы найдете в следующей таблице.

Слово	Перевод	Пример
surprised	удивленный	Nobody was surprised when they married. — Никто не удивился, когда они поженились.
amazed	изумленный, крайне удивленный	You’ll be amazed when you see my wedding dress. — Ты будешь очень удивлена, когда увидишь мое свадебное платье.
astonished	ошарашенный	I was astonished by the result of the test. — Я был ошарашен результатом теста.
stunned	потрясенный	I was too stunned to say something back. — Я был слишком потрясен, чтобы сказать что-то в ответ.
speechless	потерявший дар речи от удивления	His words left me speechless. — Его слова заставили меня потерять дар речи.
to be taken aback	быть удивленным и не знать, как реагировать на ситуацию	I was a little taken aback by her rude question. — Меня немного смутил ее грубый вопрос.
gobsmacked (informal)	ошеломленный	I was absolutely gobsmacked when I saw my exam results. — Я был ошеломлен, когда увидел свои результаты экзамена.

Смотрите, сколько замен можно найти привычным словам! Старайтесь использовать новую лексику — вы будете звучать более красиво и естественно. Учиться описывать свои эмоции на английском можно на групповых уроках с преподавателем в клубе Skills. Занятия проходят ежедневно с утра до вечера.

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One of the most important reasons to learn a language is to be able to communicate with people. You need to be able to express your thoughts in a way that is clear and easily understood.

One other thing you should learn to express clearly is your feelings and emotions. You need to be able to understand how to describe your emotional state and to talk about your feelings in conversation.

In this post, we’re going to go through some of the most basic and common words for feelings and emotions. Learn how to identify these feelings in yourself and others in order to improve your ability to clearly express your thoughts.

1. Happiness

Happiness is a positive emotion. It is a pleasant feeling or emotional state that comes will when you are content or satisfied with your situation.

Happiness is commonly associated when getting what you want. If you received a present that you liked, for example, you feel happy. If someone
tells you did a good job, you will express happiness.

Non-verbal signals for happiness: A smile, relaxed posture, laughter

Other common words to describe the feeling of happiness:

• Joy

• Pleased 

• Contented 

• Satisfied

• Amused

• Proud

• Ecstatic

• Cheerful

• Delighted

• Merry

• Thrilled

• Gleeful

2. Sadness

Sadness is a negative emotion that is associated with dissatisfaction with an outcome. If you are disappointed with your situation or did not receive the desired outcome, you will feel sadness.

There are different degrees of sadness that usually vary according to how seriously a person is affected by something that happened. 

For example, you can say that you are sad if the shop didn’t have the ice cream flavor you liked. This sadness describes being disappointed but it is considered temporary as it is not something that will affect you for a long time.

A deeper sadness, however, occurs when you experience a bad situation that has long-lasting effects. For example, the death of a loved one will stay with you for a long time and can trigger feelings of sadness long after the event itself.

Non-verbal signs of sadness: Crying, frowning, hunched over posture, not meeting people’s eyes

Other words that can be used to describe feeling sad or are associated with sadness:

• Unhappy

• Sorrow

• Grief

• Disappointment

• Depressed

• Hopeless

• Despair

• Dismayed

• Hurt

• Miserable

• Melancholy

• Somber

3. Fear

Fear is another word to describe emotions and feelings that are negative but universal. Fear is a primal emotion that is commonly understood to trigger what is called the “fight or flight” response.

Basically, when you are faced with a threat, you feel fear and this triggers several bodily reactions that are meant to help you “survive” the threat.

For example, our ancestors would feel fear when faced with a predator, they would then need to make the decision to either run away from it or fight. 

Now, when you are faced with a scary or shocking situation, it still triggers a physical response that is meant to help you “survive”. Fear isn’t just felt when facing physical danger; however, you might feel it when facing an emotional threat as well.

For example, a physical threat that might make you feel fear is a barking dog or a speeding car. However, you might also feel fear if faced with the threat of losing something valuable to you. If you get a call that your grandma is in the hospital, you will feel fear. 

Non-verbal signs of fear: Wide eyes, stiff posture, jerking back, rapid breathing, increased heart rate

Another word that means that you are feeling a degree of fear:

• Scared

• Frightened

• Terrified

• Threatened

• Worry 

• Anxiety

• Dread

• Shocked

• Vulnerable

• Suspicious

• Alarm

• Apprehensive

• Horror

4. Disgust

Disgust is a negative emotion that you feel when you experience something that is unpleasant. It is usually triggered when you are faced with something that is unpleasant to your senses of sight, smell, or taste.

For example, if you see something that is unpleasant, such as vomit or a dead bug, you will be disgusted. If you smell garbage, you will feel disgusted. If you taste spoiled milk, you will feel disgusted.

Similar to fear, disgust evolved from a “survival instinct” as disgust is usually accompanied by physical reactions that are meant to protect us from what disgusts us. This was especially important as it kept us from eating or touching things that might be harmful to us.

For example, spoiled milk smells and tastes disgusting, it is also physically bad for you. Since spoiled milk disgusts us, it will keep us from drinking it. In some cases, we might spit out or vomit what we already accidentally drank.

We also feel disgusted when someone does something that we consider wrong, shameful, or even evil. Disgust causes us to reject certain acts or even certain people.

Non-verbal signs of disgust: Wrinkling of the nose and/or lips, covering of the nose and/or mouth, frowning, turning away, vomiting, spitting

Other words to express or describe feelings of disgust:

• Dislike

• Distaste

• Abhorrence

• Revolting

• Revulsion

• Contempt

• Ashamed

• Aversion

• Detestable

• Disapproving

• Hatred

• Loathing

5. Anger

Anger is a powerful emotion that you feel if someone has harmed or threatened you or someone or something that you value. It’s similar to fear in that sense.

Anger is triggered when you face the threat of harm or danger. When you feel anger, however, instead of triggering a “fight or flight” response, it triggers just one response “fight”.

For example, if someone cheats off you on a test, anger will move you to confront them and maybe have a
few choices swear words that you will want to use to describe them.

Non-verbal signs: Frowning, glaring, clenched fists, yelling, raising of the voice, flushed features

Other words to express or describe feelings of anger: 

• Mad

• Hostility

• Aggression

• Antagonism

• Rage

• Enraged

• Furious

• Irritated

• Resentful 

• Annoyed 

• Irate

• Offended

• Outraged

6. Surprise

This emotion is felt when you experience something unexpected. It has similarities to fear but, compared to fear, it’s only felt briefly and can end with you feeling pleasure.

For example, if you walk into a room on your birthday and people come out with a cake, you might briefly startle but eventually, feel happiness. This is a surprise.

A surprise can be unpleasant, in which case it’s more like a shock. For example, if you are
watching a horror movie and a monster suddenly appears on the screen, you will be surprised. This can be considered an unpleasant surprise because you will feel fear briefly.

Non-verbal signs of surprise: Wide eyes, raised eyebrows, an open mouth, rearing or jumping back, gasping, screaming

Other words that mean you were surprised:

• Shocked

• Startled

• Amazed

• Astonished

• Awed

• Stunned

7. Confident

You feel confident if you feel in control of the situation. You can also have confidence in someone else when you believe that they are in control or capable of solving a problem.

8. Embarrassment

If you feel self-conscious or are uneasy in a situation, you feel embarrassed. 

9. Courage

If someone feels fear but decides not to flee but instead stand and fight, they are showing courage.

10. Excitement

If someone feels excited, they are looking forward to an event, or are very interested in something. 

11. Guilt

If you think that you have done something wrong and are uneasy because of it, you are feeling guilt.

12.  Accepted 

You feel accepted when you are recognized as a part of something. You can be accepted into an organization, such as a company, or a social group, such as a family. 

13. Boredom

Someone who feels bored or boredom is not interested in what is going on around them. You can also be bored if you feel that there is nothing happening.

14. Confused

When someone feels confused, they do not understand what is going on.

15. Frustrated

If a situation is not going the way you would like or if you are disappointed in the outcome, you might feel frustrated.

16. Hopeful

If you feel optimistic that a situation will resolve itself in a way that is favorable to you, you will feel hopeful.

17. Curious

If you are feeling curious, it means that you are interested in learning more about something or someone.

18. Jealous

If you are afraid that someone is taking your place or fulfilling your role, you are jealous. This is usually used when talking about a romantic rival. Feeling jealous can lead you to express anger.

19. Lonely

Someone feels lonely if they are physically or even emotionally apart from other people. If you don’t feel accepted by someone or by a group, you might feel lonely.

20. Loving

If someone cares for someone and shows it in their words and actions, they are loving.

21. Kindness

If you are considerate of other people’s feelings, take care not to harm anyone, and do things that will make others happy, then they are expressing kindness.

Aside from learning the different words that are used to describe emotions and feelings, it’s also important to learn idioms and expressions.

Native speakers often use idioms to refer to emotions. For example, if someone has a “face like thunder”, this is an idiom that means someone is feeling anger. Slang and swear words are also another common way that people can express their feelings or describe their moods. 

Feel like learning more? Well, if you find a good online native speaking language tutor, they will be happy to help. 

A good tutor can help you understand the words for emotions that we discussed here. They will also be able to suggest other words and expressions that are used to talk about emotions and feelings that you should learn.

Продолжаем говорить о наших чувствах и эмоциях. Возможно, эта тема больше интересна девушкам, но ведь мужчины тоже испытывают чувства. Посмотрите на рисунки человеческого лица, отражающего основные эмоции. Назовите их.

1. calm – спокойный
2. mad — взбешенный
3. surprised – удивленный
4. shocked — шокированный
5. depressed — подавленный
6. nervous — нервный
7. tense — напряженный
8. relaxed — расслабленный
9. encouraged – вдохновленный
10. frightened — напуганный
11. annoyed — раздраженный
12. delighted — восторженный
13. disappointed — разочарованный
14. jealous — ревнивый
15. confused — в замешательстве

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1. feel down — быть в подавленном настроении
2. feel blue — грустить
3. feel stressed out — быть в стрессе
4. cheer up — воспрянуть духом

Вспомните, с какими глаголами используются прилагательные из списка.

ПРИМЕРЫ

1. You look nervous.
2. Do you feel nervous?
3. Why are you nervous?

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Feelings and Emotions. Задания

Задание 1. Распределите чувства на положительные и отрицательные. Переведите.

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Задание 2. Прочитайте, переведите и выучите стихотворение.

The Poem «I Feel Happy Today» (from «Tune into English»)

• stay out of my way — не становись на моем пути
• feel terribly blue — ужасно расстроен
• It doesn’t make sense. — Не имеет смысла.

On Monday:
I feel angry today.
Please, stay out of my way.
I am so mad at the whole world.
I feel angry today.

On Tuesday:
I feel terribly blue.
I don’t know what to do.
‘Cause it’s cold and it’s raining.
I feel terribly blue.

On Thursday:
I feel nervous and tense.
It just doesn’t make sense.
I can’t take all this pressure.
I feel nervous and tense.

On Friday:
I feel happy today.
It’s been sunny all day,
And I don’t work tomorrow.
I feel happy today.

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Задание 3. Назовите эмоции на картинках.

The normalization of the verb to describe the feeling is called the feeling. It can be used to describe touch sensations or perceptions.

To improve your English vocabulary, learn useful emotion words and pictures with example sentences. You may find yourself needing to express your feelings or describe the emotions of someone else. It is essential to understand English and be able talk about different emotions. These emotion names can also be helpful in situations when someone is trying to explain to you their feelings. By being able recognize what they are saying you will be able better to assist them.

With this article, we will be explaining what feelings are and the difference between feelings and emotions, if that’s not enough, we are also going to share with you various positive and negative feeling words and a detailed list of feelings and emotions in English!

There are more than seven billion people on Earth today, and yet they are all different. If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s our feelings. All of us feel, and all experience difficulty at one time or another in our lives. We don’t fully understand how feelings are expressed.

The feeling of empathy has been around for a long time. Thomas Brown was the one who discovered them. This was also the year the word was officially added into the dictionary with the meaning that we still use today. The meaning of feelings was different than before. There are two meanings to the word “feelings”: emotional and physical.

The first word to include the physical aspect of the word “feelings” was added to the dictionary. It’s both a verb and a physical thing. A physical feeling refers to what you physically feel. For example, you might feel warmth while lying under the summer sun, or under a blanket in the winter. A second example is when you are too close to a flame, or break a bone.

We will be focusing our attention on the emotional side of the word “feelings“. A feeling that you feel inside is called an emotional feeling. It could be happy, sad, angry, or disgusting.

It can be easier to describe something physical when it is physically felt. It can be difficult to describe emotional feelings. Because we all feel different and sometimes mistake one feeling for another, it can be difficult to describe them.

Even though it’s been more than two-hundred and fifty years since the discovery of feelings, we still don’t have enough information. We have made great progress in our knowledge expansion, but we are still far from being done. People often mistakenly believe that emotions and feelings are one thing. They may look similar, but they do not necessarily mean the same thing.

Thomas Brown discovered the concept of emotions thirty years ago. Years later during the 1970’s, psychologist Paul Eckman, concluded that humans had six different emotions: happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise and anger. As studies progressed, however, it became clear that this number was much higher than initially believed. Debates about raising the number 6 to a shocking 27-year-old and claiming that the total amount of emotions is even greater than 27, are still ongoing.

We now know what emotions are and how they differ from feelings.

Emotions are the reason we use the term “emotional feelings”. Emotions are a physical reaction to our environment. This means that emotions can be aroused before feelings. It can be difficult to recognize emotions because they are physical. However, feelings are mental associations or reactions to emotions. Because they occur in the mind and not our bodies, it is much harder to identify a feeling.

Imagine that you are afraid of the dark, and that all your lights go out because of a storm. Your body will now represent fear. You’ll feel your eyes wide open and your heart rate slow. However, your inner feelings are more cautious, worried and nervous. These are the emotions associated with that emotion. Emotions are felt on the body, while feelings occur in the mind.

Here are some examples: List of Adjectives This will help you to narrow down the word that best describes your feelings and emotions.

• Happy
• Fear not
• It’s sad
• Hot
• You’re amused
• Bored
• Anxious
• Be confident
• Cold
• Suspicious
• Surprising
• Loving
• Curious
• Envious
• Jealous
• Miserable
• Are you confused?
• It’s stupid
• Anger
• Sick
• Ashamed
• Withdrawn
• Indifferent
• We are sorry
• Decided
• Crazy
• Bashful
• Depressed
• Frightened
• Are you interested?
• Shy
• We are hopeful
• Regrettable
• Scared
• Sturdy
• Thirsty
• Guilt
• Nervous
• You’re embarrassed
• Disgusted
• Proud
• Emotional
• Lonely
• Frustrated
• Hurt
• Hungry
• Tired
• Think about it
• Pained
• Optimistic
• Get Relief
• Puzzled
• Shocked
• Joyful
• tired
• Excited
• Skeptical
• Bad
• Be worried

HAPPINESS

Happiness refers to the relationship of mindset, mental, or emotional states. It includes positive emotions that range from contentment and intense joy. It is the feeling of being well.

ANGER

Anger, also known as rage is an intense emotion that is a strong and uncomfortably emotional response to perceived provocation. Anger can also be a feeling that you feel the need to fight or take immediate action.

CARING

Caring is a personal act that shows compassion or does social work. It is caring for people who are sick or need assistance in managing their lives.

DEPRESSION

Depression can be described as a mood disorder that causes a feeling of sadness or lack of interest.

INADEQUATENESS

Inadequacy is a feeling that is either a state or condition of insufficiency, and is also known as feeling inadequate.

FEAR

Fear can be described as a feeling of fear that is caused by a sensed threat or danger, physiological changes and final expressions like hiding from certain events, freezing, or freezing.

CONFUSION

Confusion refers to a state or feeling of confusion in the mind or thought due to specific issues.

HURT

Hurt can be described as a feeling of pain in any part of the body, or a harsh feeling in the heart.

LONELINESS

Loneliness refers to feeling alone and unable to enjoy life or share happy moments with others. Loneliness is living in darkness.

REMORSE

Remorse refers to a feeling of regret that is felt by someone who has experienced something in their past. It can be closely linked to guilt, shame, or feeling ashamed.

ENERGY

Energize means to bring passion and energy to a task.

CONFIDENCE

Confidence in your heart or mindset is a feeling that you are confident. It allows you to demonstrate abilities and qualities.

TIRED:

You should take some rest if you feel tired. A person who is so bored by something or someone else is called tired.

List of Feelings (from a – Z).

These words will help you express what you feel.

Amused by words:

• Absorbed
• Beguiled
• Busy
• Charmed
• Cheered-up
• Convulsed
• Be happy
• Diverted
• Engaged
• Get involved
• Glad
• Are you interested?
• Get Involved
• We are grateful
• Be preoccupied
• Regaled
• Wow

Happy Feelings Words

• Beaming
• Blessed
• It’s blissful
• Take care
• Cheerful
• Be confident
• Content
• Be happy
• Euphoric
• Exhilarated
• Glad
• Glowing
• Gratified
• Inline
• Joy
• We are grateful
• Powerful
• Radiant
• Secure
• Self-acceptance
• Strong
• You are Thrilled

Peaceful words:

• It is possible to be flexible
• Anxiety-free
• It’s blissful
• Calm
• Committed
• Composed
• Content
• Cordial
• Flexible
• Harmonious
• Isolated
• Patient
• Pleasant
• Productive
• Quiet
• Relaxed
• Restful
• Secure
• Serene
• Soothed
• Stable
• Tranquil
• Undisturbed
• Untroubled
• Unworried

Pleased Feelings Words

• Acceptable
• You’re amused
• Content
• Content
• Be happy
• Elated
• Engaged
• Get involved
• Glad
• Good
• Thankful
• Gratified
• Happy
• Beautiful
• Nice
• Overjoyed
• Pleasant
• Satisfied
• Self-approval
• Superior
• Thankful
• You are Thrilled
• You will be happy

These words can make you feel powerful.

• Athletic
• Buff
• Compelling
• Controlling
• Dominant
• Dynamic
• Hard
• Herculean
• High-powered
• Important
• Influential
• Intoxicating
• It’s irresistible
• Manly
• Mighty
• Persuasive
• Ripped
• Shredded
• Solid
• Spirituous
• Stiff
• Strong
• Sturdy
• Thunderous
• Tough
• Vigorous
• Built well

Romantic Words for Feelings

• Affectionate
• Loveable
• Beautiful
• Charming
• It’s a dreamy place
• Erotic
• Fond
• Generous
• Thankful
• Humble
• Idealistic
• Illicit
• Intimate
• Kind
• Loving
• Beautiful
• Lovesick
• Loving
• Lustful
• Passionate
• Romanticist
• Satisfied
• Tolerant

Angry Feelings Words

• Annoyed
• Bad temper
• Conceited
• Crabby
• Cross
• Disgusted
• Displeased
• Dissatisfied
• Enraged
• Exasperated
• Fuming
• Furious
• Hot-tempered
• Hot-headed
• Intolerant
• Are you feeling upset?
• Jealous
• Mad
• Outraged
• Provoked
• Raging
• Resentful
• Stingy
• Waspish
• Wrathful

Bored Feelings Words

• Bummer
• Disinterested
• Dull
• Fatigued
• Inattentive
• Flat
• Lifeless
• Monotonous
• Spiritless
• Stale
• Stodgy
• Stuffy
• It’s stupid
• Tame
• Tedious
• Tired
• Tiresome
• Tiring

Disgusted Feeling Words:

• Annoyed
• Appalled
• Be dismayed
• Displeased
• Dissatisfied
• You’re embarrassed
• Grossed out
• Horrified
• It’s a joke
• Nauseated
• Offense
• Outraged
• Repelled
• Repulsed
• Revolted
• Shocked
• Sickened
• Trashed
• Ugly
• Unwanted
• Use
• Violation

Unsecure Feelings Words

• Anxious
• Apprehensive
• It is not difficult
• Doubtful
• Fearful
• Hesitant
• Inhibited
• Introverted
• Passive
• Self-conscious
• Self-doubting
• Shy
• Timid
• Unassertive
• Uncertain
• Confident
• Uncertain
• Be worried

Sad words:

• It’s awful
• Blue
• Broken-hearted
• Depressed
• Doleful
• Down
• Downhearted
• Gloomy
• Glum
• Guilt
• Heartbroken
• Lonely
• Low-spirited
• Miserable
• Mournful
• Not enough
• Pitiful
• Regrettable
• Small
• Sorrowful
• We are sorry
• Unfortunate
• Unhappy

Fearful Feelings Words

• Fear not
• Agitated
• Alarm
• Are you confused?
• Fearful
• Frantic
• Frightened
• Horrified
• Hysterical
• Impatient
• Indecisive
• Be intimidated
• Jittery
• Jumpy
• Nervous
• Panicky
• Petrified
• Rigid
• Shaky
• Spooked
• Stressed
• Terrified
• Be worried

We feel more than we have the language to articulate and express, which is in itself profoundly frustrating. People work through emotions by being able to identify them and use them as signals. A lot of the time, we’re left in the dark. Enter the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, the brainchild of writer John Koenig, who is here to give you words for the feelings you may not have even known you were having. Here are 40 words to describe your emotions.

Onism

n. the awareness of how little of the world you’ll experience. Imagine standing in front of the departures screen at an airport, flickering over with strange place names like other people’s passwords, each representing one more thing you’ll never get to see before you die—and all because, as the arrow on the map helpfully points out, you are here.

Mal de Coucou

n. a phenomenon in which you have an active social life but very few close friends—people who you can trust, who you can be yourself with, who can help flush out the weird psychological toxins that tend to accumulate over time—which is a form of acute social malnutrition in which even if you devour an entire buffet of chitchat, you’ll still feel pangs of hunger.

Sonder

n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.

Hanker Sore

adj. finding a person so attractive it actually kinda pisses you off.

Chrysalism

n. the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly.

Altschmerz

n. weariness with the same old issues that you’ve always had—the same boring flaws and anxieties you’ve been gnawing on for years, which leaves them soggy and tasteless and inert, with nothing interesting left to think about, nothing left to do but spit them out and wander off to the backyard, ready to dig up some fresher pain you might have buried long ago.

Occhiolism

n. the awareness of the smallness of your perspective, by which you couldn’t possibly draw any meaningful conclusions at all, about the world or the past or the complexities of culture, because although your life is an epic and unrepeatable anecdote, it still only has a sample size of one, and may end up being the control for a much wilder experiment happening in the next room.

Ambedo

n. a kind of melancholic trance in which you become completely absorbed in vivid sensory details—raindrops skittering down a window, tall trees leaning in the wind, clouds of cream swirling in your coffee—briefly soaking in the experience of being alive, an act that is done purely for its own sake.

Nodus Tollens

n. the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore—that although you thought you were following the arc of the story, you keep finding yourself immersed in passages you don’t understand, that don’t even seem to belong in the same genre—which requires you to go back and reread the chapters you had originally skimmed to get to the good parts, only to learn that all along you were supposed to choose your own adventure.

Liberosis

n. the desire to care less about things—to loosen your grip on your life, to stop glancing behind you every few steps, afraid that someone will snatch it from you before you reach the end zone—rather to hold your life loosely and playfully, like a volleyball, keeping it in the air, with only quick fleeting interventions, bouncing freely in the hands of trusted friends, always in play.

Vemödalen

n. the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist—the same sunset, the same waterfall, the same curve of a hip, the same closeup of an eye—which can turn a unique subject into something hollow and pulpy and cheap, like a mass-produced piece of furniture you happen to have assembled yourself.

Kairosclerosis

n. the moment you realize that you’re currently happy—consciously trying to savor the feeling—which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it’s little more than an aftertaste.

Vellichor

n. the strange wistfulness of used bookstores, which are somehow infused with the passage of time—filled with thousands of old books you’ll never have time to read, each of which is itself locked in its own era, bound and dated and papered over like an old room the author abandoned years ago, a hidden annex littered with thoughts left just as they were on the day they were captured.

Rückkehrunruhe

n. the feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness—to the extent you have to keep reminding yourself that it happened at all, even though it felt so vivid just days ago—which makes you wish you could smoothly cross-dissolve back into everyday life, or just hold the shutter open indefinitely and let one scene become superimposed on the next, so all your days would run together and you’d never have to call cut.

Nighthawk

n. a recurring thought that only seems to strike you late at night—an overdue task, a nagging guilt, a looming and shapeless future—that circles high overhead during the day, that pecks at the back of your mind while you try to sleep, that you can successfully ignore for weeks, only to feel its presence hovering outside the window, waiting for you to finish your coffee, passing the time by quietly building a nest.

Dead Reckoning

n. to find yourself bothered by someone’s death more than you would have expected, as if you assumed they would always be part of the landscape, like a lighthouse you could pass by for years until the night it suddenly goes dark, leaving you with one less landmark to navigate by—still able to find your bearings, but feeling all that much more adrift.

Pâro

n. the feeling that no matter what you do is always somehow wrong—that any attempt to make your way comfortably through the world will only end up crossing some invisible taboo—as if there’s some obvious way forward that everybody else can see but you, each of them leaning back in their chair and calling out helpfully, colder, colder, colder.

Midsummer

n. a feast celebrated on the day of your 26th birthday, which marks the point at which your youth finally expires as a valid excuse—when you must begin harvesting your crops, even if they’ve barely taken root—and the point at which the days will begin to feel shorter as they pass, until even the pollen in the air reminds you of the coming snow.

Adronitis

n. frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone—spending the first few weeks chatting in their psychological entryway, with each subsequent conversation like entering a different anteroom, each a little closer to the center of the house—wishing instead that you could start there and work your way out, exchanging your deepest secrets first, before easing into casualness, until you’ve built up enough mystery over the years to ask them where they’re from, and what they do for a living.

Rigor Samsa

n. a kind of psychological exoskeleton that can protect you from pain and contain your anxieties, but always ends up cracking under pressure or hollowed out by time—and will keep growing back again and again, until you develop a more sophisticated emotional structure, held up by a strong and flexible spine, built less like a fortress than a cluster of treehouses.

Silience

n. the kind of unnoticed excellence that carries on around you every day, unremarkably—the hidden talents of friends and coworkers, the fleeting solos of subway buskers, the slapdash eloquence of anonymous users, the unseen portfolios of aspiring artists—which would be renowned as masterpieces if only they’d been appraised by the cartel of popular taste, who assume that brilliance is a rare and precious quality, accidentally overlooking buried jewels that may not be flawless but are still somehow perfect.

Fitzcarraldo

n. an image that somehow becomes lodged deep in your brain—maybe washed there by a dream, or smuggled inside a book, or planted during a casual conversation—which then grows into a wild and impractical vision that keeps scrambling back and forth in your head like a dog stuck in a car that’s about to arrive home, just itching for a chance to leap headlong into reality.

Keyframe

n. a moment that seemed innocuous at the time but ended up marking a diversion into a strange new era of your life—set in motion not by a series of jolting epiphanies but by tiny imperceptible differences between one ordinary day and the next, until entire years of your memory can be compressed into a handful of indelible images—which prevents you from rewinding the past, but allows you to move forward without endless buffering.

Gnossienne

n. a moment of awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life, and somewhere in the hallways of their personality is a door locked from the inside, a stairway leading to a wing of the house that you’ve never fully explored—an unfinished attic that will remain maddeningly unknowable to you, because ultimately neither of you has a map, or a master key, or any way of knowing exactly where you stand.

Anecdoche

n. a conversation in which everyone is talking but nobody is listening, simply overlaying disconnected words like a game of Scrabble, with each player borrowing bits of other anecdotes as a way to increase their own score, until we all run out of things to say.

Catoptric Tristesse

n. the sadness that you’ll never really know what other people think of you, whether good, bad or if at all—that although we reflect on each other with the sharpness of a mirror, the true picture of how we’re coming off somehow reaches us softened and distorted, as if each mirror was preoccupied with twisting around, desperately trying to look itself in the eye.

Anemoia

n. nostalgia for a time you’ve never known. Imagine stepping through the frame into a sepia-tinted haze, where you could sit on the side of the road and watch the locals passing by. Who lived and died before any of us arrived here, who sleep in some of the same houses we do, who look up at the same moon, who breathe the same air, feel the same blood in their veins—and live in a completely different world.

Mimeomia

n. the frustration of knowing how easily you fit into a stereotype, even if you never intended to, even if it’s unfair, even if everyone else feels the same way—each of us trick-or-treating for money and respect and attention, wearing a safe and predictable costume because we’re tired of answering the question, “What are you supposed to be?”

Monachopsis

n. the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place, as maladapted to your surroundings as a seal on a beach—lumbering, clumsy, easily distracted, huddled in the company of other misfits, unable to recognize the ambient roar of your intended habitat, in which you’d be fluidly, brilliantly, effortlessly at home.

Semaphorism

n. a conversational hint that you have something personal to say on the subject but don’t go any further—an emphatic nod, a half-told anecdote, an enigmatic ‘I know the feeling’—which you place into conversations like those little flags that warn diggers of something buried underground: maybe a cable that secretly powers your house, maybe a fiberoptic link to some foreign country.

Énouement

n. the bittersweetness of having arrived here in the future, where you can finally get the answers to how things turn out in the real world—who your baby sister would become, what your friends would end up doing, where your choices would lead you, exactly when you’d lose the people you took for granted—which is priceless intel that you instinctively want to share with anybody who hadn’t already made the journey, as if there was some part of you who had volunteered to stay behind, who was still stationed at a forgotten outpost somewhere in the past, still eagerly awaiting news from the front.

Daguerreologue

n. an imaginary interview with an old photo of yourself, an enigmatic figure who still lives in the grainy and color-warped house you grew up in, who may well spend a lot of their day wondering where you are and what you’re doing now, like an old grandma whose kids live far away and don’t call much anymore.

Fata Organa

n. a flash of real emotion glimpsed in someone sitting across the room, idly locked in the middle of some group conversation, their eyes glinting with vulnerability or quiet anticipation or cosmic boredom—as if you could see backstage through a gap in the curtains, watching stagehands holding their ropes at the ready, actors in costume mouthing their lines, fragments of bizarre sets waiting for some other production.

Avenoir

n. the desire that memory could flow backward. We take it for granted that life moves forward. But you move as a rower moves, facing backwards: you can see where you’ve been, but not where you’re going. And your boat is steered by a younger version of you. It’s hard not to wonder what life would be like facing the other way…

Kenopsia

n. the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet—a school hallway in the evening, an unlit office on a weekend, vacant fairgrounds—an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs.

The Tilt Shift

n. a phenomenon in which your lived experience seems oddly inconsequential once you put it down on paper, which turns an epic tragicomedy into a sequence of figures on a model train set, assembled in their tiny classrooms and workplaces, wandering along their own cautious and well-trodden paths—peaceable, generic and out of focus.

Jouska

n. a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head—a crisp analysis, a cathartic dialogue, a devastating comeback—which serves as a kind of psychological batting cage where you can connect more deeply with people than in the small ball of everyday life, which is a frustratingly cautious game of change-up pitches, sacrifice bunts, and intentional walks.

Ecstatic Shock

n. the surge of energy upon catching a glance from someone you like—a thrill that starts in your stomach, arcs up through your lungs and flashes into a spontaneous smile—which scrambles your ungrounded circuits and tempts you to chase that feeling with a kite and a key.

Heartworm

n. a relationship or friendship that you can’t get out of your head, which you thought had faded long ago but is still somehow alive and unfinished, like an abandoned campsite whose smoldering embers still have the power to start a forest fire.

Xeno

n. the smallest measurable unit of human connection, typically exchanged between passing strangers—a flirtatious glance, a sympathetic nod, a shared laugh about some odd coincidence—moments that are fleeting and random but still contain powerful emotional nutrients that can alleviate the symptoms of feeling alone.