Feeling and Emotion Words in English

Human beings display emotions at all times, depending on how they feel. According to the psychologist and researcher on emotions, Paul Ekman, ‘Emotions are a process, a particular kind of automatic appraisal influenced by our evolutionary and personal past, in which we sense that something important to our welfare is occurring, and a set of psychological changes and emotional behaviours begins to deal with the situation.

Paul Ekman categorised human emotions in the following six types:

1. Enjoyment

2. Sadness

3. Fear

4. Anger

5. Disgust

6. Surprise

Enjoyment:

happy

loving

relieved

content

amused

joyful

proud

excited

peaceful

satisfied

Sadness:

lonely

heartbroken

gloomy

disappointed

hopeless

grieved

unhappy

lost

troubled

miserable

Fear:

worried

nervous

anxious

terrified

panicked

horrified

desperate

confused

stressed

Anger:

annoyed

frustrated

bitter

salty

infuriated

irritated

mad

cheated

vengeful

insulted

Disgust:

disliked

offended

horrified

uncomfortable

nauseated

disturbed

withdrawn

Surprise:

amazed

astonished

astounded

awed

awestruck

dumbfounded