Flashcards in Vocabulary - emotions Deck (61)
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chagrin
annoyance and disappointment; vexation caused by humiliation
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pathos
a quality that causes people to feel sympathy and sadness
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ebullient
cheerful and full of energy
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funereal
somber, gloomy, mournful, melancholy, lugubrious; suitable for a funeral
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sublime
exalted, elevated, noble, lofty; cause deep feelings of wonder; of high spiritual or moral worth
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evocative, -tion (n)
bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind
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consternation
worry and concern
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felicity
intense happiness
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racy
Exciting or exhilarating to the mind
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throes
intense or violent pain and struggle; esp. accompanying birth, death or great change.
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jaunty
cheerful, cheery, happy,
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pique
To affect with irritation; to wound the pride of; to excite curiosity.
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plaintive, plaint (n)
sounding sad and mournful
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restive
impatient especially under restriction or delay
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solicitous
concerned, attentive
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beatitude
1. blessedness; state of great happiness . 2. a title given to patriarchs in the Orthodox Church
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lugubrious
Sorrowful; excessively sad; gloomy.
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nauseate
to cause to loathe
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nonplussed, nonplused (alt sp)
the old meaning is "bewildered," while the new meaning is "unfazed."
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rue, rueful (adj), ruefully (adv)
to regret; lament; mourn
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elegiac
mournful, melancholic
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frisson
a brief moment of emotional excitement : shudder, thrill
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prurient, prurience (n)
having or causing lustful desires; arousing immoderate sexual desires
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compunction
a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad
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wry, wryly (adv)
(esp. of the expression of the face) twisted; expressing displeasure
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idyllic, idyll (n)
adj=carefree--- noun= story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting
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beatific
giving or showing bliss; blissful
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viva
long live! (used to express acclaim or support for a specified person or thing). Ex- Viva Mexico
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blithe
carefree and happy and lighthearted
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umbrage
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
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craw
stick in one's craw, to cause considerable or abiding resentment; rankle
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jaundiced
bitterness or resentment from long and disappointing experience in human affairs
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quail
(v) feel or show fear or apprehension (n) the bird
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wretched
(of a person) in a a very unhappy or unfortunate state
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sensibility
the ability to appreciate and respond to complex emotional and aesthetic influences; sensitivity
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wistful
thin; slight; barely discernible
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rancor, rancorous (adj)
bitterness or resentfulness, esp. when long-standing
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verve
vigor and spirit or enthusiasm
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vicissitude
a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that i unwelcome or unpleasant
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xenophobia, xenophobic (adj), xenophobes (n)
an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or that which is foreign or strange
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vex, vexation (n), vexatious (adj)
to make someone feel annoyed or worried, especially with trivial matters
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schadenfreude
satisfaction felt at someone else’s misfortune. (schaden=harm & freude=joy)
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affinity
1. a natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship. 2. relationship by marriage. 3. an inherent similarity between persons or things. 4. a relationship or resemblance in structure between species that suggests a common origin. 5. the attraction between an antigen and an antibody. 6. an attraction or force between particles that causes them to combine.
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bereaved
suffering the death of a loved one
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bereft
sad because a family member or friend has died.--- (archaic) past participle of bereave
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agape
1. (of the mouth) wide open, especially with surprise or wonder.; 2. love that is spiritual, not sexual, in its nature. 3. in the early Christian Church, the love feast accompanied by Eucharistic celebration.
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animus
hostility of ill-feeling
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disquieting, disquiet (v), disquietude(n)
inducing feelings of anxiety or worry
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effusive, effusiveness (n)
1. unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression. 2. profuse; overflowing.
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staid
(adj.) sedate, serious, self-restrained (The staid butler never changed his expression no matter what happened.)
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unabashed
not embarrassed, disconcerted or alarmed
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abashed
cause to feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
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tremulous
nervous, trembling, timid, sensitive
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apoplectic, apoplexy (n)
incapacity or speechlessness caused by extreme anger
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doleful
Melancholy
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fever pitch
a state of extreme excitement
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homoerotic
concerning or arousing sexual desire centered on a person of the same sex
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levity
humor or frivolity
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maudlin
sad; sentimental; inclined to weep; mawkish
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roil
1. make a liquid turbid or muddy by disturbing the sediment. 2. another term for rile (sense 1)
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