In the Mood? 100 Words to Describe Emotions

Here, it said, wearing a kid grin, was a very personable character, clean-cut, affable, a fellow any man might trust to shave him.

But Bowser could appoint new and aggressive leaders in other city agencies, where Gray’s appointees have tended to be more cautious.

The bald guy looked extremely nervous and agitated.

The more vigilant Allen was, the more resentful and alienated Nicholas became, and the worse things got.

White was amazed when around 500 people showed up.

Patrick was a bright, amiable, undaunted fellow with whom we got along very well.

"I can tell you, he's keeping his doctors amused."

When rumors have circulated that officers were about to clear the site, Chan has sought to calm anxious protesters.

“And some people are able to inspire otherwise apathetic young people to vote.”

Then, ashamed and embarrassed, he disappeared under a duvet and grieved.

"Oh my God," he sputters, clearly astonished by the claim.

One awareness patient, formerly a jazz aficionado, developed a bizarre aversion to the style after an awareness experience. 

Nebeker’s deliberate avoidance of facial detail keeps the focus on the images’ charged atmospheres rather than the characters involved.

She seemed dazed, bewildered by this sudden news about Baker.

Brother Jim usually got bored and asked to be excused, but I always stayed, fascinated by their tales.

He flew about his tasks, buoyant with triumph and overflowing with energy.

“He was a suspicious, cantankerous, bitter, angry man.”

She knew where I was confident and where I was less sure, and she believed in me.

It took a second for this to register; her face was confused at first, and then the realization of what Moss meant grew, lighting up her eyes, her mouth slowly dropping open.

"To share in this way is courageous, powerful and generous," Dunham tweeted at the time, adding a link to Dylan Farrow's letter.

The knight's moon face looked crestfallen, the tips of his great walrus mustache twitching with disappointment.

Try not to be too critical when assessing students' first drafts, but do focus on key places where they can improve.

Men were now trudging away from the shapeups at the other slaughterhouses, looking dejected and hopeless.

The owner was delighted and said it was the happiest day of his life.

“You’ve been angry and depressed. You seem to be getting worse.”

I watched her fall convincingly into poverty and despair, once abandoned by the wicked count—who was the prologue speaker in his black cloak.

Instead of making him more likable, it made him more detestable and he ended up becoming passive-aggressive.

The shaking lasted for four minutes with the usual devastating effects to property.

She lets her face fall into a disappointed scowl.

With thoughts like these I was chafed and perplexed, and they rendered me gloomy and disconsolate.

But, like many physicists of his generation, he became disillusioned with physics as a result of seeing its application to the war.

The more horrible the crime, the more stunned, shocked, and dismayed is the tranquil city in which it happens; the more helpless are the citizens before it.

"It appears some disrespectful cowards spray painted their tagging crew and tagger names over the memorial," the police department stated on its Facebook page.

They are silent and distant—always alone, always wary.

She was distracted and distraught, depressed and weak.

Hermione bore up reasonably well on those nights when they managed to scavenge nothing but berries or stale biscuits, her temper perhaps a little shorter than usual and her silences rather dour.

I was truly dumbfounded by this deep fury that possessed her whenever she looked at me.

I understood the idea, I was eager to learn more.

He sprang up, a smallish man, high-spirited and ebullient.

When she heard about his plans for the conference and the official naming of Henrietta Lacks Day, she was ecstatic: finally, a scientist was honoring her mother.

I laugh with them, all of us elated.

Together, they embrace then pull apart as if embarrassed by the physical closeness.

He tumbled lifelessly through July, feeling as dry and empty as the cicada husks on the trees.

He was one of those energetic teachers who loved his subject half to death and leaped about the room dramatically, waving his arms and clutching his chest and whomping people on the back.

He felt enraged, violent, on the edge of explosion.

He started toward the staircase with a jaunty and exhilarated air.

And then, seeing what he carried, she exclaimed; her face ignited with elfin, exuberant glee.

I was thrown off, confused, flabbergasted, and to put it simply—shocked.

“If someone talks about using force, I am frightened,” she said.

"But it still make me sad that I can’t speak well. I call my interpreter when I get frustrated."

Loki was furious, seeing much of his dinner about to be devoured, and he struck at the eagle with his spear, hoping to force it to drop its plundered food.

I felt so guilty that most of the time I tried to avoid him completely.

He is hesitant around me, kind of respectfully shy.

He was hopeful, then, when Mr. Rutger, the orphanage director, informed him late that evening that Miss Perumal’s mother was considerably improved.

Belligerent student protests were firing up the already hostile attitude inside the school.

He stated that Leah was a shameful and inadequate vessel for God’s will, and that was why he would no longer even stoop to punishing her when she needed it.

Our neighbors seemed fairly indifferent to our reduced circumstances, as they were occupied with their own.

The Colvins lived in King Hill, a neighborhood that meant “poor” or “ inferior” to most who didn’t live there.

The passage of the Molasses Act so infuriated the American colonists that for the first time the phrase “no taxation without representation” became a rallying cry.

Ethyne was an inquisitive child, and once she knew that her elder brother was one of the babies sacrificed, she was filled with questions.

Their ruthless comments shaped my personality and turned me into a shy, insecure, quiet girl.

In the huge Colosseum, with thousands of cheering ghosts, the god Bacchus staring down at him, and the two twelve-foot giants looming over him, Percy felt as small and insignificant as a bug.

An inspired musician with considerable natural talent, Walt still plays professionally from time to time.

While it was understandable that the press might be interested in these things, I nevertheless found their curiosity difficult to satisfy.

The couple grew so intimate that the woman promised she would move to New York in six months.

I saw nothing but horror stories about how he was controlling and irascible and unpredictable and moody.

Her voice sounds irritated and impatient, like some of Dad’s tenured colleagues at school who Dad says are just counting the days till retirement.

At the same time, those who performed experiments ceased to be lonely and isolated individuals; they became members of an experimental network.

She was jealous even of the women who liked him, imagining how much attention he got here in Lagos, good-looking as he was, and now also wealthy.

His laughter was so infectious and jubilant, she couldn’t help but be taken in.

This is terribly judgmental, but he was such a nerd.

Under the United States occupation, Ms. Takamine flourished in the sort of roles — modern, liberated women — encouraged by the American authorities as a break with imperial traditions.

His eyes snapped open and looked at her, and there was nothing but loathing there, nothing but the vilest contempt.

I was all alone, and felt lonely and sad.

In New Orleans, the air is dark, the mood lugubrious.

But that don’t sound right, so I try Miss Cook, my daddy got mad when I wasn’t doing my schoolwork and ripped up this book.

She said the talks were going well and she felt optimistic that progress could be made.

She was a bit perplexed, however, as to why Harry would choose a place so far away, on the North Side, when there were so many lovely homes in Englewood.

Richard’s temperament made it easier—he was a happy kid, always dancing and singing, playful and silly.

Even the powerful president of the University of North Carolina in neighboring Chapel Hill was not immune from these attacks.

And I tell myself I'm proud of myself for being so mentally strong, so tough-minded.

If anything, they encouraged Alice Paul and her allies to stage more provocative protests that attracted larger crowds and led to more arrests.

It's simply impossible for me to 'belong' to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.

In a statement, Chow said the running back was “contrite, embarrassed and remorseful.”

“I think paisley is detestable and should be banned until the end of time. Same goes for pastel-colored clothing. Oh, and khakis are repugnant.”

This is how we, the electorate, are being described: sour, dyspeptic, demoralized, disgusted, rebellious, frustrated, resentful, angry.

I waited for her to hit me with a sarcastic comeback, something that would slap me like an invisible hand across the face.

I was so scared I’d get lost, sweat prickled under my arms.

Nervous and completely lacking in empathy, he was so sensitive to criticism that he retreated into a shell of moody silence when anyone attacked his work.

The change was so sudden that I was shocked, and a little scared.

But Hunt was skeptical and not shy about expressing his doubts.

Then Wang Lung was humbled and anxious and he was submissive and he was sorry and he said, “Let it be only as you wish and forever.”

He became sullen, resentful, angry, and his memory seemed to be blown away.

As always, she’s suspicious, but I’m able to convince her after some coaxing and whining.

Halfway up the lake, just as he started to step over a log, he was absolutely terrified by an explosion under his feet.

He was uneasy and disturbed by the slinking gray shape that merged into the undergrowth every time he looked back to snarl at it.

The big eyes and lips said: I’m young and vulnerable, I can’t hurt you, and you want to protect me.

These days he is quieter and more withdrawn.

Officials were worried about retaliation after the attack, and so we were given an opportunity to leave the country and start anew.

“It reminds me, too, of how worthless I was. Am. How I couldn’t protect my work family. Not then. How I can’t protect my family now. Look at this place.”