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Useful List of 100+ Feeling Words | Common Feeling Adjectives

Useful List of 100+ Feeling Words | Common Feeling Adjectives

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Feeling Words in English! Below is the list of adjectives to describe emotions: OPEN, HAPPY, ALIVE, GOOD, LOVE, INTERESTED… with ESL infographic. 

Everyone has moments when they just can’t come up with the right word to describe what they’re feeling or trying to say. You might be angry and start sputtering. You may feel overwhelmed and that leaves you speechless. The list of common words below will help you to solve this.

List of Feeling Words

Here is the list of words to express feelings in English:

Pleasant Feelings

Open

  • Understanding
  • Confident
  • Reliable
  • Easy
  • Amazed
  • Free
  • Sympathetic
  • Interested
  • Satisfied

Happy

  • Great
  • Gay
  • Joyous
  • Lucky
  • Fortunate
  • Delighted
  • Overjoyed
  • Gleeful
  • Thankful

Alive

  • Playful
  • Courageous
  • Energetic
  • Liberated
  • Optimistic
  • Provocative
  • Impulsive
  • Free
  • Frisky

Good

  • Calm
  • Peaceful
  • At Ease
  • Comfortable
  • Pleased
  • Encouraged
  • Clever
  • Surprised
  • Content

Love

  • Loving
  • Considerate
  • Affectionate
  • Sensitive
  • Tender
  • Devoted
  • Attracted
  • Passionate
  • Admiration
  • Warm
  • Touched

Interested

  • Concerned
  • Affected
  • Fascinated
  • Intrigued
  • Absorbed
  • Inquisitive
  • Nosy
  • Snoopy
  • Engrossed

Unpleasant Feelings

Angry

  • Irritated
  • Enraged
  • Hostile
  • Insulting
  • Sore
  • Annoyed
  • Upset
  • Hateful
  • Unpleasant
  • Offensive

Depressed

  • Lousy
  • Disappointed
  • Discouraged
  • Ashamed
  • Powerless
  • Diminished
  • Guilty
  • Dissatisfied

Confused

  • Upset
  • Doubtful
  • Uncertain
  • Indecisive
  • Perplexed
  • Embarrassed
  • Hesitant
  • Shy

Helpless

  • Incapable
  • Alone
  • Paralyzed
  • Fatigued
  • Useless
  • Inferior
  • Vulnerable
  • Empty

Indifferent

  • Insensitive
  • Dull
  • Nonchalant
  • Neutral
  • Reserved
  • Weary
  • Bored
  • Preoccupied

Afraid

  • Fearful
  • Terrified
  • Suspicious
  • Anxious
  • Alarmed
  • Panic
  • Nervous
  • Scared

Feeling Adjectives List| Infographic

feeling words

 

eee

Wednesday 18th of May 2022

gay means happy, if your afraid of being gay when your not gay, you are sus(picious)

Abubakar Muhammad

Wednesday 19th of January 2022

Yes

Sebastian

Friday 11th of June 2021

Happy because its one day less til school

Andrea Robertson

Thursday 25th of February 2021

The last word in the 'confused' column reads 'atupefied.' Shouldn't it be 'stupefied'?

David

Monday 22nd of February 2021

I feel frustrated because I didn't finish my homework