Motivation and emotion/Book/2011/Specific emotions

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Book chapters can potentially be written about any of these emotions (or a cluster). These emotion words are also used in the Emotion tutorial. Definitions for some of the less commonly known words are suggested. Feel free to edit.

List of specific emotions [edit]

  1. Acedia: Spiritual lethargy, indifference, like melancholy
  2. Affectionate
  3. Affected
  4. Agonised, agony, torn
  5. Aggravated
  6. Aggressive
  7. Aggrieved
  8. Alexithymic: Inability to express feelings with words
  9. Amazed
  10. Amused
  11. Angry
  12. Anguish
  13. Anhedonia: Inability to experience pleasurable emotions
  14. Annoyed
  15. Anomie: Personal feeling of a lack of social norms; normlessness
  16. Anticipatory
  17. Anxious
  18. Apathetic
  19. Apoplectic: Overcome with anger; extremely indignant
  20. Apostrophic: In drama, character breaks off to speak privately or to an imaginary character usually about extreme emotion
  21. Appalled
  22. Apprehensive
  23. Aroused
  24. Arrogant, hubris, surly, churlish
  25. Astonished
  26. Astounded
  27. Ataraxia: Tranquility; free from anxiety, worry, or feelings of responsibility.
  28. Awed/Awestruck
  29. Awkward
  30. Baffled: Bafflement
  31. Bedeviled: Tormented or harassed
  32. Befuddled: Confused, perplexed
  33. Bemused
  34. Bewildered
  35. Bewitched
  36. Bilious: Irritable or bad tempered; irascible.
  37. Bored
  38. Bothered
  39. Burdened
  40. Calm
  41. Cantankerous: Cranky
  42. Chagrin: A feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation
  43. Challenged
  44. Cheeky
  45. Cheerful
  46. Churlish
  47. Cocky, cocksure, over-confident
  48. Combative
  49. Compassionate
  50. Concerned
  51. Confidence
  52. Confusion
  53. Consternation: A sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay. Synonyms bewilderment, alarm, terror, fear, panic, fright, horror. —Antonyms: composure, equanimity.
  54. Contempt
  55. Contented
  56. Contentious
  57. Courageous
  58. Crestfallen
  59. Crushed
  60. Curiosity
  61. Cussed: Obstinate; annoying; perverse
  62. Defensive
  63. Defiant
  64. Delighted
  65. Delirious
  66. Depressed
  67. Desirous
  68. Despairing
  69. Determined
  70. Disappointed
  71. Discombobulated: To confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate
  72. Discontented
  73. Discouraged
  74. Disgusted
  75. Disillusioned
  76. Dismayed
  77. Dispirited
  78. Dissatisfied
  79. Distracted
  80. Doubtful
  81. Dolorous
  82. Drained
  83. Dumbstruck: Dumbfounded
  84. Dyspeptic: Of or having indigestion or consequent irritability or depression.
  85. Dysphoria: A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety.
  86. Eager
  87. Ecstatic
  88. Elated
  89. Embarrassed
  90. Empathy
  91. Empty, drained, exhausted
  92. Encouraged
  93. Energetic
  94. Enlightened
  95. Ennui: Boredom
  96. Enthralled
  97. Enthused
  98. Envious
  99. Euphoric
  100. Exasperated
  101. Exhausted, weary, tired
  102. Exhilarated
  103. Exposed
  104. Fascinated
  105. Fearful
  106. Flabbergasted
  107. Flamboyant
  108. Flow: Optimal arousal
  109. Flummoxed
  110. Forgiving
  111. Frustrated
  112. Furious
  113. Galled
  114. Glad
  115. Glum
  116. Gobsmacked, thunderstruck
  117. Grateful
  118. Greedy
  119. Grieving
  120. Grumpy, grouchy
  121. Guilty
  122. Happy
  123. Harassed
  124. Hassled
  125. Heartbreak
  126. Heartened
  127. Hopeful
  128. Horrified
  129. Hubris, arrogant, surly, churlish, over-confident
  130. Humourous
  131. Impatient
  132. Impish
  133. Indifferent
  134. Indignant
  135. Insightful
  136. Interested
  137. Intimidated
  138. Intrigued
  139. Irascible: Hot tempered - easily provoked to anger
  140. Irritated
  141. Jealous
  142. Joyful
  143. Livid
  144. Loving
  145. Lustful
  146. Mad
  147. Malicious: Mean
  148. Melancholic: Sad
  149. Mesmerised
  150. Mirthful
  151. Mischievous
  152. Miserable
  153. Morose
  154. Nasty
  155. Nauseous
  156. Nervous
  157. Nice
  158. Nirvana
  159. Obnoxious
  160. Offended
  161. Optimistic
  162. Ornery: Bad-tempered, stubborn, cantankerous
  163. Overcome
  164. Overloaded
  165. Panicked
  166. Paranoid
  167. Perky
  168. Peripatetic: Vacillating, undecided, uncertain, unclear about something, fretting, at sixes and sevens; a state of unregulated or unstable emotion
  169. Perplexed
  170. Pessimistic
  171. Pestered
  172. Pissed
  173. Playful
  174. Pleased
  175. Pleasurable
  176. Powerful
  177. Powerless
  178. Proud
  179. Provoked
  180. Puckish
  181. Puzzled
  182. Qualm: An uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear; a misgiving
  183. Rage
  184. Rattled
  185. Recalcitrant, stubborn, mulish
  186. Reconciled
  187. Rejuvenated
  188. Relaxed
  189. Relieved
  190. Remorseful
  191. Reticent: Reserved; restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance
  192. Riled: Stirred up -> anger
  193. Sad
  194. Satiety/Satiated
  195. Satisfied
  196. Satori? Understanding; flash of sudden awareness, or individual enlightenment
  197. Schadenfreude is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others (German)
  198. Self-pity
  199. Serene
  200. Shocked
  201. Sorrowful
  202. Splenetic: Bad-tempered; spiteful
  203. Stigmatised
  204. Stressed
  205. Stubborn, mulish, recalcitrant
  206. Suffering
  207. Sullied: Dirtied
  208. Sundered, torn, broken
  209. Surgent: Surgency; Similar to excitement; feeling on top of the world; that things are going one's way
  210. Surly
  211. Surprise
  212. Suspenseful
  213. Sympathy
  214. Taciturn: Dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner
  215. Tainted
  216. Teary
  217. Tenacious
  218. Tendentious: Marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
  219. Terrified
  220. Thrall
  221. Thrilled
  222. Thunderstruck, gobsmacked
  223. Tickled Pink
  224. Titillated
  225. Torn, sundered, of two minds, agony
  226. Tranquility
  227. Trusting
  228. Uncomfortable
  229. Uppity
  230. Upset
  231. Verklempt: Choked with emotion (Yiddish)
  232. Vengeful
  233. Vexed: Irritated, distressed, or annoyed
  234. Vindicated
  235. Vitality
  236. Wanting
  237. Wary
  238. Weary, tired, exhausted
  239. Wistful
  240. Wonderment
  241. Worried
  242. Wretched
  243. Zesty

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