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.
- 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. - 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.
- 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.
- 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 |
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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 |
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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:
- 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.
- 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 |
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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:
- 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. - 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Advanced English phrases allow you to express yourself more fully.
In this post, we’ll explain how you can recognize the key elements of advanced English phrases that’ll help you talk about emotions—and practically anything else—in a precise, engaging way.
Then, we’ll show you 15 specific advanced English phrases you can add to your toolbox right away.
Contents
- Key Elements of Advanced English Phrases for Emotions
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- Idioms
- Collocates
- Phrasal Verbs
- 15 Advanced English Phrases for Better Expressing Emotions
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- Happy
- Sad
- Angry
- Scared
- Confused
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Key Elements of Advanced English Phrases for Emotions
Many English learners have a habit of building their vocabularies one word at a time. This may seem useful when you’re a beginner. However, as you advance, you’ll realize it’s not efficient. Recognizing phrases and linguistic (language) patterns will help you become fluent much faster.
This is especially true when expressing emotion. There are a lot of emotion-related phrases that can be confusing if you try to break them into their individual words. Understanding the key elements that typically make up these expressions will help you remember new advanced phrases faster; it’ll also help you from getting totally lost when you encounter new expressions in your English reading or speech.
Something that is also difficult when understanding English phrases is the surrounding context. A simple phrase such as “I’m sorry” in English can express regret, sympathy or can even be used before asking an embarrassing or difficult question.
Thus, it is essential to understand the context and how it changes a specific phrase when learning English phrases for emotions. For example, check out the video below to see how expressions and phrases related to “I’m sorry” can change depending on the context.
Immersing yourself in English from home is incredibly helpful for learning cultural context. You could also make use of a virtual immersion program for additional structure. FluentU, for example, teaches English with videos pulled from all corners of mass media, and combines them with interactive subtitles to help you understand nuanced meaning and adaptive review quizzes to ensure you remember what you’re learning.
In the meantime, here are some of those key elements to look out for:
Idioms
Many English expressions for emotions rely on idioms. Idioms can seem nonsensical at first, but once you’re familiar with them, they allow you to express a lot of information in just a few words.
Some idioms and expressions come with elaborate background stories. Take “Catch-22” as an example.
This idiom comes from Joseph Heller’s novel of the same name. In the book, an army psychiatrist uses the term to explain the regulations that made it impossible for pilots to be excused from flying dangerous missions. The pilots need to be declared insane in order to be excused from service, but any pilot who wants to be excused from these harrowing (troubling and distressing) missions must be sane. So there’s no escape.
English speakers have since used this phrase when they refer to a dilemma or a paradoxical situation, or a situation from which there’s no escape because the rules contradict each other.
So, two words and you have the whole story. Amazing, right?
If you agree, then check out these guides that’ll help you become an English idiom pro:
- Awesome Color Idioms That Will Improve Your English Fluency
- 20 Essential English Idioms for Sounding Like a Native
- Speak English Naturally with 37 Common English Idioms
- The Musical Guide to English Idioms: 20 Idioms Found in Songs
- 25 English Idioms and Phrases That Are Commonly Used in Business
Some idioms to look for in the list of emotional phrases below include “fool’s paradise” and “butterflies in your stomach.”
Collocates
A collocate is a word that is habitually juxtaposed (put next to) another word. It means certain combinations of words appear more frequently than others, making them sound more natural.
For example, the word “impact” is regularly found in the collocation “make an impact.” You wouldn’t hear a native speaker say “invent an impact,” even though both “make” and “invent” have similar meanings. There’s also the word “create,” another similar word to “make” and “invent,” which is only sometimes used alongside the word “impact.”
Thus, in comparison:
- If you were to write the phrase “make an impact,” your text would read effortlessly.
- If you wrote “invent an impact,” people might still understand what you meant. However, it doesn’t flow and most would mark this as an incorrect usage if you were taking a test.
- If you used “create an impact,” some readers might stop and consider if there’s anything special about this impact. Is the effect unique? Is it that no one else ever “creates” such an impact and this is the first of its kind?
You’ll find collocations in the list of emotional phrases below (for example: “grief-stricken,” “flying high”). Memorizing these word pairings will quickly make your English sound much more natural.
If you want to learn more about collocation, you can start with a good online dictionary or acquire a decent reference book, such as “A Dictionary of Active Fluency Combinations” or the “Shortcut to English Collocations.”
Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs are a great tool for learning advanced English expressions, as they allow you to describe many different actions or states of being simply by combining one word with different prepositions.
Take the word stand (to be in an upright position). You’ve probably studied this word from the very beginning. You probably also know your prepositions: against, aside, at, by, for, in, over, etc. Just put them together, and you have:
- stand against (oppose)
- stand aside (resign)
- stand by/with [someone or something] (support [someone or something])
- stand for (signify)
You can see how these simple combinations can help you easily expand your vocabulary without having to make a whole new set of vocabulary flashcards.
Phrasal verbs can commonly be found in expressions regarding emotion. You might get carried away (absorbed, overly excited) by a movie you love. A frustrating situation at work might get to (bother) you, or you might get over it (cease to be bothered by it).
15 Advanced English Phrases for Better Expressing Emotions
Now that you know how to recognize the building blocks of advanced English phrases, here are some great expressions you can use when describing emotions. These phrases are organized by the emotion they represent.
Happy
1. Flying high
Meaning: very happy.
She’s flying high after the successful product launch.
2. Pumped up
Meaning: very excited about something.
He’s pumped up for his first half-marathon race this weekend.
3. Fool’s paradise
Meaning: a situation when someone is happy because they’re ignoring a problem or fail to realize its existence.
He’s been living in fool’s paradise since he started trading stocks, expecting to make millions even though he doesn’t have investing experience.
Sad
4. Be down in the dumps
Meaning: to feel unhappy or without hope.
I always feel down in the dumps when I go back to work after a long weekend.
5. Be at the end of your rope (American); Be at the end of your tether (British)
Meaning: to feel very upset because you’re no longer able to deal with a difficult situation.
Helen is at the end of her rope after looking for a job for months without any luck.
6. Grief-stricken
Meaning: extremely sad.
After his partner died in a car accident, he was left grief-stricken.
Angry
7. Bite someone’s head off
Meaning: to respond with anger to someone.
I just asked one question to confirm his request, and my boss bit my head off.
8. Black mood
Meaning: to be irritable, angry or depressed.
She’s scared to ask for a day off as her boss is in a black mood today.
9. Drive up the wall
Meaning: to annoy or irritate someone.
His constant whining drove me up the wall, so I left.
Scared
10. Have/get/feel butterflies in your stomach
Meaning: to feel very nervous or excited about something that you have to do, especially something important.
I’m going to have the first meeting with a big client tomorrow, and I’m feeling butterflies in my stomach.
11. Afraid of your own shadow
Meaning: very easily frightened.
After reading “Dracula,” she became afraid of her own shadow.
12. Petrified of
Meaning: extremely frightened, especially so that you cannot move or decide what to do.
In the “Harry Potter” series, Ron Weasley is petrified of spiders.
Confused
13. Feel out of it
Meaning: to not feel in a state of one’s normal mind.
He just woke up from a night of heavy drinking and felt so out of it.
14. Puzzle over
Meaning: to think carefully about someone or something for a long time and try to understand them.
I puzzled over the assignment for a few days before I decided to ask my professor for clarification.
15. Ambivalent about
Meaning: feeling two different things about someone or something at the same time, for example, that you like them and dislike them.
He’s ambivalent about quitting his job to start his own business; he wants his freedom, but there are risks.
Advanced English phrases provide you with the flexibility to get your messages across and the chance to impress native speakers and potential employers. Start with these 15 expressions to let your family, friends, colleagues or even strangers know exactly how you feel.
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How are you today?
Do you feel happy? Tired? Excited?
You can also feel
overjoyed. Or anxious on the other hand.
Sometimes, it isn’t easy to express your feelings in English, especially if you don’t quite know how you are feeling.
It isn’t rare that you feel
baffled because you know the right words to express your emotions.
When it comes to finding the proper words and phrases to show your feelings, English learners can find it challenging, especially if you are a beginner.
That’s why we are here to provide some emotional words and phrases that can help you express your feelings
After reading this post, practice in front of the mirror. Tell your reflection how you are feeling today. But if you find this weird, perhaps practicing with real people,
English tutors, is a better solution.
And now, let’s get started.
How to Express Your Feelings in English?
Human beings differ from other animals because they have different complex feelings and emotions.
Sometimes, that complexity of feelings is hard to express with words.
In many cases, your attitude and body language show your emotions.
But, here are some tips you would want to use so that you can be more confident when talking about emotions.
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Learn to express emotions with children’s songs in English. Kids are the most sincere human beings who can express their emotions without thinking about others or being ashamed when they show their feelings. Songs are an ideal resource because not only they show you how to express feelings but also teach you many other useful things in English.
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Start writing down your feelings. With several sentences, express your feelings every day. Describe your mood as best as possible. This way, you will
improve your writing skills but also learn how to accumulate and name specific feelings. -
Watch movies. Besides enjoying movies, you can see how certain feelings are expressed and which words or phrases you have to use to name some feelings you have but you aren’t quite clear how to say them in English.
English Words to Express Your Positive Emotions
Happiness, joy, and all these positive emotions are something
we all are looking forward to.
Besides them, here are some other words that express positive thoughts and emotions.
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Content
Meaning: to feel satisfied or happy and with the things, they are what they are at the current moment.
Example: She is content with her current life.
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Ecstatic
Meaning: to feel very, very happy. This is the biggest amount of happiness you can get.
Example: My mum was ecstatic when my dad gave her a trip to Venice as a birthday present.
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Hopeful
Meaning: when you want something to happen, for which there is a good chance
Example: I’m feeling hopeful about my new job.
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Excited
Meaning: to look forward to something with happiness and joy.
Example: Marry is excited to finally see her friend after three years.
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Loved
Meaning: when someone has true and strong feelings for you, he wants you all the best and cares for you. It means that you are loved.
Example: When I was ill, I felt that I was loved at home.
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Proud
Meaning: when you give your best effort and work really hard to finish successfully, and you succeed in it in the end, the final feeling is pride.
Example: I really worked on learning English and when I got recognition from the native speakers, I was really proud of myself.
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Tranquil
Meaning: to feel calm and peaceful
Example: I feel very tranquil after a long walk in the park.
English Words to Express When You Are Feeling Sad
We can’t be happy and satisfied every day. Sometimes we can feel bad. Even though it isn’t positive, that’s all normal. Here are some English words to describe your feelings when you are in a bad mood.
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Angry
Meaning: when you feel angry, you are mad, have a strong feeling about something, or are enraged.
Example: The boss was angry because all of his workers went on strike.
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Anxious
Meaning: you are worried or nervous about something, or when you are in an uncertain situation you might feel anxious.
Example: People are anxious about the future.
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Depressed
Meaning: when you feel very sad, and that feeling doesn’t go away but stays with you all the time and even gets stronger.
Example: When his mother passed away, my father was feeling depressed.
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Disgusted
Meaning: when you don’t like something and that makes you sick or bad.
Example: I’m disgusted with how people behave today.
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Hurt
Meaning: when you feel pain, physically or mentally.
Example: Susan was hurt when her best friend forgot about her birthday.
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Lonely
Meaning: when you feel alone and/or sad, you feel loneliness. You don’t have to necessarily be alone, you can feel lonely even if you have people around you.
Example: Even though the room is full of people, Tom is feeling lonely.
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Scared
Meaning: to feel full of fear or worry.
Example: When I woke up, I saw someone unknown and I got scared.
Other English Words For Expressing Feelings
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Baffled
Meaning: when you are completely confused and you don’t know how to solve a problem.
Example: His baffled face told me everything.
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Indifferent
Meaning: when you don’t feel nor good, nor bad. You completely have no interest. Lack of interest and enthusiasm.
Meaning: I’m indifferent about politics.
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Nostalgic
Meaning: when you are thinking about something that happened in the past and you wish you could return to it.
Example: I’m feeling nostalgic about the school days.
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Pensive
Meaning: when you are thinking deeply about something.
Example: Susan seemed pensive for a moment.
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Wistful
Meaning: to be deeply in your thoughts but in a sad way.
Example: After the accident, Tom was wistful for quite a while.
English Phrases to Express Emotions
The beauty of the English language, among other things, is in the possibility to use many different words to express your feelings.
Moreover, you can even use phrases.
Here are some feelings-related phrases you can use to express your emotions.
Positive Phrases
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Feeling high
Meaning: to be very happy
Example: I’m flying high after a successful day at work.
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Fool’s paradise
Meaning: to be happy only because you ignore the real issue
Example: We should let Susan live in fool’s paradise as long as possible.
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Pumped up
Meaning: when you are very excited about something.
Example: He’s pumped up for tomorrow’s performance.
Phrases For a Bad Mood
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Afraid of your own shadow
Meaning: to be very frightful, easily afraid. You can be afraid that easily that even your own shadow can be intimitating.
Example: Usually the people who seem to be the most confident are actually afraid of their own shadows
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To be down in bumps
Meaning: to be sad and hopeless
Example: Marry is down in bumps because of her exams.
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To be at the end of a rope
Meaning: when you can’t deal with some difficult situations and you still feel upset about it.
Example: My friend is at the end of the rope.
Being Angry
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Bite someone’s head off
Meaning: when you are very angry and you speak to someone that way even when there’s no good reason for that.
Example: I know that you had a bad day but there is no need to bite my head off.
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Drive up the wall
Meaning: when you annoy someone
Example: My singing drives Tom up the wall.
Confused Emotions
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Ambivalent about
Meaning: when you feel two different things about someone. Those feelings can be both different, positive and negative at the same time.
Example: Tom was ambivalent about his breakup with Sarah.
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Feel out of it
Meaning: when you don’t feel like you normally do.
Example: I don’t know anyone at the gathering and I feel a little out of it.
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Puzzle over
Meaning: to think about something slowly and with a clear mind.
Example: I’m puzzled over that strange conversation between the two of us.
Final Thoughts
There are hundreds of
English words with meanings that can help you describe your feelings.
You can always learn the new ones, even if you reach the advanced proficiency level, which is good because that way, you can constantly
improve your vocabulary.
Of course, English tutors are always a great resource for new words and expressions, so if you want to improve your overall English skills, book 1-on-1 lessons right now.
Heavens! / Oh dear!
Here are some trendy English phrases which you can use to express your entire range of emotions.
By India Today Web Desk: What would you reply if someone asks you about your current mood? You will say Happy, sad or angry. But do you really think that it’s enough to describe your mood? How would describe an extremely amazing vacation? As a ‘happy one’? But for how many times you can use happy. The word will lose its meaning. You can use the parse ‘over the moon’ to express happiness and do justice in expressing your emotion.
There are plenty of words which you can use to express your current form of emotion. It will help you in describing your entire range of emotions. It will help ever others to know exactly how you feel. So for you here are some trendy English phrases which you can use to express your entire range of emotions.
Happy
1. Flying high:
- Meaning: Very happy
Eg: She’s flying high after the successful interview.
2. Pumped up
- Meaning: Very excited about something
Eg: He’s pumped up for his first salary.
3. Fool’s paradise:
- Meaning: A situation when someone is happy because they’re ignoring a problem or fail to realize its existence.
Eg: You must be in a fool’s paradise if you think that it will rain at the time of such hot summers.
Sad
4. Be down in dumps:
- Meaning: To feel unhappy or without hope
Eg: She’s a bit down in the dumps because she’s got to take her exams again.
5. Be at the end of your rope
- Meaning: To feel very upset because you’re no longer able to deal with a difficult situation
Eg: Sounds like you are at the end of your rope.
6. Grief-stricken
- Meaning: Extremely sad.
Eg: After his wife died in a car accident, he was left grief-stricken.
Angry
7. Bite someone’s head off:
- Meaning: To respond with anger to someone
Eg: I asked him one simple question and he bit my head off.
8. Black mood:
- Meaning: To be irritable, angry or depressed.
Eg: She’s scared to ask for the weekend trip as her mother is in a black mood today.
9. Drive up the wall:
- Meaning: To annoy or irritate someone.
Eg: His tuneless singing and drumming on the table drive me up to the wall.
Scared
10. Have/get/feel butterflies in your stomach:
- Meaning: To experience the anxiety, generally before when you are going to do something
Eg: The bride had butterflies in her stomach as she got ready to walk down the aisle.
11. Afraid of your own shadow:
- Meaning: To be very frightened (so frightened you’d jump if you saw your own shadow in the light).
Eg: Sometimes the people who appear to be the most confident are actually afraid of their own shadows.
12. Petrified of:
- Meaning: Extremely frightened, especially so that you cannot move or decide what to do.
Eg: The thought of us residing in utter blindness petrified me!
Confused
13. Feel out of it:
- Meaning: To not feel in a state of one’s normal mind.
Eg: He just woke up from a night of heavy drinking and felt so out of it.
14. Puzzle over:
Meaning: To think carefully about someone or something for a long time and try to understand them.
Eg: They puzzled over the question for quite a while.
15. Ambivalent about:
Meaning: Feeling two different things about someone or something at the same time, for example, that you like them and dislike them.
Eg: She is ambivalent to many things that may seem horrific to the reader.
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Published On:
Aug 22, 2019