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Emotions on Display

Wed May 11 16:24:56 EDT 2016
By Vocabulary.com (NY)Visual Thesaurus Moderator
Feeling emotional? Express yourself with these words that describe all kinds of feelings.
agitated
My daughter always responds to me in a negative way, angrily shrugging her shoulders with an agitated reply, as if I should know that.
astonished
I just saw it go up, and I was astonished that it didn’t come back down again.
blase
Compliance adviser Gould said that while some bankers were genuinely frightened, others were blase, viewing this as simply another set of rules from regulators.
cocky
“I bet I got a higher score than you did,” Claire says, her voice cocky.
despondent
At times he sounded almost despondent, questioning not just the ugly turn the presidential campaign has taken but the future of the American political system.
disgust
Despite polls showing increasing public disgust with Albany, significant proposals to address corruption have gone nowhere.
discombobulated
One former staff member I spoke with, who developed an ulcer while working there, called The Huffington Post ‘‘a jury-rigged, discombobulated chaos machine.’’
dubious
Mrs. Clinton agreed to explore the proposal but was dubious that it would go anywhere.
elation
If anything, I better understand the elation they feel when they welcome a child into the world.
embarrassment
The sophomore said he regrets his actions and the embarrassment he caused his family and his team.
enamored
Was there ever a male performer more enamored with ruffles — or lace or velvet — than Prince?
enraged
The American military presence on Saudi soil enraged Islamic radicals, who decried the Sauds’ decision to allow “infidel” Western forces into Islam’s birthplace.
enthusiasm
Encouragement and enthusiasm are critical for nurturing early interest and maintaining later interest in science, technology, engineering and math.
exultation
Out of the water, they laughed in exultation and triumph while Roger snapped pictures.
festive
On New Year’s Eve, my husband and I made a special effort to create a festive table for our small dinner group.
fury
A universe of fury seemed to spin inside Mark, an impossible feeling that he knew couldn’t last, couldn’t be contained.
gleeful
As a team, they delivered epic, angular rock songs that jumped genres and eras with gleeful abandon.
grief
Without warning something would trigger my grief and my heart was ripped open again.
hopeful
We were hopeful this year would be the year in which anti-bullying legislation reached the finish line.
hostile
But disputes over division of property and one spouse’s resentment over being left can prolong hostile feelings for more than a decade.
indifferent
The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent to the concerns of such puny creatures as we.
indignant
Find out if you're righteously indignant but actually in the wrong.
irritated
Irritated at her grilling, he snapped, “At what point are we playing husband and wife here, and at what point lawyers?”
jubilant
Jubilant supporters said it was the best day of their lives as they left the King Power stadium.
lachrymose
The lachrymose British drama “Lilting” pivots on the prickly relationship between two people who are mourning a third.
listless
An animal sits listless and unresponsive, holding tight to the bars of the cage as her normal twin sister crawls all over her.
livid
My parents would be livid if they found out I’d had this conversation and might end contact with me altogether.
melancholy
Later that evening, Moyers found him in a “melancholy mood,” and asked him “what was troubling him.”
nervous
Mark takes a quick look around and sees that the others are fidgety and nervous.
nonchalant
Some will walk into the testing room nonchalant and relaxed; others will be so nervous they couldn’t finish breakfast.
nonplussed
He seemed nonplussed that anyone would think he was at fault for the incident.
panic
The roar frightened the horses to such an extent that some galloped off in panic, dragging the ploughs in different directions, and others collapsed.
pensive
Clinton seems more pensive now than in 2008 – attempting to apply a heightened authenticity and level of reflection.
perplexed
Foreign visitors were especially perplexed by the apparent absence of scientific ambition at the lab.
quizzical
And in case that leaves the people you’ve stumped with only a quizzical look on their faces, you can add, “You know, iron-overload disease.”
rage
I'm not sure if the red haze clouding my vision is because of the pain from my leg or my rage at her presence.
repugnance
His small blue eyes shone with repugnance, a look of such unreasoning contempt for my skin that it filled me with despair.
scared
"I was a bit scared about speaking up about it in case there was a negative backlash," she said.
serene
She seems remarkably serene for a person who regularly inhabits the darkest places an actress can visit.
skeptical
“I was initially quite skeptical that such particles could be preserved in 2.7-billion-year-old rocks, but the evidence looks convincing,” she wrote in an email.
sorrow
The grim scenery seemed to reflect the sorrow and fear that had overtaken my family.
stressed
She said she was stressed out, grinding her teeth, overweight, and smoking way too much.
sulky
During the visit, Chadwick continued to show his sulky side, treating the American so rudely that his colleagues and friends were forced to make excuses.
surprise
With a look of surprise and anxiety on his face he asked the Lady Nii, “Where are you to take me?”
timid
Compared to those who defiantly confronted soldiers and police, I was timid and afraid, yet the deed was defining for me.
triumph
The research was successful, a triumph, as was much of the rest of his life, of reason over superstition.
umbrage
Expect both candidates to take umbrage at the others’ tone — even while replacing their own gloves with brass knuckles.
vain
“I’m probably the least vain person you’ll meet, but in the looks department, I think God has been good to me.”
weary
Voters weary of the taunts and insults of the 2016 primary season may pine for a White House campaign about issues.
wrath
Melissa McCarthy regularly uses her seemingly sweet mien as comedic cover for her ability to unleash monologues of endless and often violently profane wrath.

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