Here you will find over 250 words of feelings and emotions to improve your writing. This list is helpful for a strong beginning, more advanced vocabulary building will help you quickly improve your English.

List of Feelings – Created by Englishstudyonline
List of Feelings Words
- woe
- weary
- weariness
- vigilance
- tranquil
- torment
- stoical
- stingy
- spite
- timidity
- thrill
- vexed
- vengeful
- venal
- vanity
- vain
- trust
- placid
- pity
- terror
- tense
- upset
- unhappy
- zest
- zeal
- wrathful
- worried
- wonder
- unhappiness
- uncomfortable
- tenderness
- sympathy
- watchfulness
- wary
- vivacious
- surprise
- suffering
- pessimism
- pensive
- spellbound
- submission
- subdued
- stressed
- kind
- keen
- jubilation
- joy
- sorry
- sorrow
- smug
- shock
- self-satisfied
- scared
- satisfaction
- sardonic
- sarcastic
- shame
- serenity
- sadness
- sad
- roused
- revulsion
- self-assured
- scorn
- resigned
- remorse
- rapture
- grouchy
- grim
- grief
- greedy
- rage
- quirky
- quiet
- resentment
- repentance
- querulous
- relieved
- relief
- rejection
- queasy
- quarrelsome
- pushy
- ornery
- optimism
- open
- nirvana
- nervous
- neglected
- naughty
- mortification
- modesty
- misery
- merry
- mad
- pleased
- displeasure
- dismay
- dislike
- peaceful
- passive
- passion
- lust
- proud
- pride
- panic
- lulled
- love
- outrage
- outgoing
- longing
- lonely
- liking
- like
- lazy
- kindly
- kindhearted
- joviality
- jolly
- jolliness
- jittery
- jealous
- jaded
- isolation
- irritation
- loneliness
- loathing
- introverted
- interested
- dissatisfied
- discontent
- disapproval
- hysteria
- hurt
- humiliation
- hostility
- horror
- hopeless
- homesick
- harried
- insulted
- insecurity
- guilt
- grumpy
- glum
- gloomy
- fury
- furious
- frustration
- exhausted
- excited
- happy
- happiness
- frightened
- fright
- fondness
- flustered
- flummoxed
- ferocity
- fearful
- gloating
- glad
- fatalistic
- fascinated
- exasperation
- euphoria
- equanimity
- enthusiasm
- enthralled
- distress
- distraction
- generous
- fear
- enraptured
- enraged
- enamored
- emotional
- emotion
- embarrassment
- envious
- defeated
- cruel
- delighted
- ecstasy
- elation
- easy-going
- earnest
- ecstatic
- envy
- dread
- disturbed
- disappointment
- admiration
- acceptance
- enjoyment
- enchanted
- afraid
- beleaguered
- awe
- attraction
- affection
- aggressive
- aggravation
- defiance
- capricious
- calm
- crabby
- agony
- agitation
- adoration
- content
- conceited
- composed
- exuberant
- eager
- cross
- crazy
- extroverted
- compliant
- disenchanted
- anticipation
- desire
- depressed
- disillusioned
- disgust
- contempt
- concerned
- dependence
- complacent
- anxiety
- compassion
- closeness
- boredom
- bewitched
- attachment
- apprehension
- annoyance
- anguish
- calculating
- crazed
- astonishment
- assured
- assertive
- angry
- anger
- blue
- charmed
- cautious
- bitterness
- amusement
- caring
- contentment
- amazement
- alienation
- alarm
- agreeable
- bliss
- cheerful
Feeling Words List with Example Sentences
weary
- His face is weary beyond description.
weariness
- I detected a faint note of weariness in his voice.
vigilance
- We must maintain keen vigilance at all time.
tranquil
- A sad eyes, you become a peaceful tranquil.
torment
- She lay awake all night in torment.
stoical
- Local people were stoical about the damage caused by the hurricane.
stingy
- Don’t be so stingy with the sugar!
spite
- I like her in spite of her failings.
timidity
- She doesn’t ridicule my timidity.
thrill
- She gets an obvious thrill out of performing.
vexed
- His conduct vexed her very much.
vengeful
- He was stabbed to death by his vengeful wife.
venal
- They are accused of being involved in venal practices.
vanity
- His vanity was his downfall.
vain
- She’s very vain about her good looks.
trust
- He was appointed to a position of trust.
placid
- She was a placid child who rarely cried.
pity
- I saved her out of pity for her child.
terror
- Her eyes were wild with terror.
tense
- The situation grew increasingly tense.
upset
- He was too upset to be rational.
unhappy
- I hate to see you unhappy.
zest
- We entered into the sport with zest.
zeal
- He burned with a reforming zeal.
wrathful
- My mother was wrathful with my lying.
worried
- She gave me a worried look.
wonder
- Sometimes I wonder if he is honest.
unhappiness
- There was a lot of unhappiness in my adolescence.
uncomfortable
- I feel uncomfortable in this chair.
tenderness
- I like her tenderness.
sympathy
- I have much sympathy for you.
watchfulness
- The typical expression of the breed is one of watchfulness.
wary
- He gave her a wary look.
vivacious
- She gave a vivacious laugh.
surprise
- He gave a low long whistle of surprise.
suffering
- I hate to see animals suffering.
pessimism
- He displayed his usual pessimism.
pensive
- The woman in this painting has a pensive smile.
spellbound
- The children listened to the story spellbound.
submission
- His head was bowed in submission.
subdued
- He seemed a bit subdued to me.
stressed
- When I’m stressed I break out in a rash.
kind
- He is very kind.
keen
- Mrs. Miller is very keen on art.
jubilation
- The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.
joy
- She cried for joy.
sorry
- I’m so sorry, I do apologize.
sorrow
- I sorrow for his death.
smug
- He was so unbearably smug about winning.
shock
- He is receiving treatment for shock.
self-satisfied
- I can’t abide that man – he’s so self-satisfied.
scared
- I was scared of the big dog.
satisfaction
- He smiled in satisfaction when he won the race.
sardonic
- She raised a sardonic brow.
sarcastic
- His tone was lightly sarcastic.
shame
- It is a shame to be so wasteful.
serenity
- She escaped to the comparative serenity of the kitchen.
sadness
- Her eyes expressed deep sadness.
sad
- She was sad to see him go.
roused
- I was roused by the sound of a bell.
revulsion
- She looked at him with revulsion.
scorn
- He looked at me with scorn.
resigned
- He resigned himself entirely to his wife’s will.
remorse
- He seemed to feel no remorse at all.
rapture
- The children gazed at her in rapture.
grouchy
- I had a headache and was incredibly grouchy.
grim
- He set about the task with grim concentration.
grief
- She was out of her mind with grief.
greedy
- He is a greedy little boy.
rage
- His face turned purple with rage.
quirky
- I like his quirky sense of humour.
quiet
- I gestured for him to keep quiet.
resentment
- Don’t let your resentment build up.
repentance
- They refused to show repentance for their crimes.
querulous
- He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.
relieved
- I’m relieved to hear that.
relief
- He gave a little murmur of relief.
rejection
- He has never suffered the torment of rejection.
queasy
- I felt a little queasy on the ship.
quarrelsome
- He had turned quarrelsome.
pushy
- She was a confident and pushy young woman.
ornery
- The senators were ornery and independent.
optimism
- I had to smile at his optimism.
open
- The canal is open to shipping.
nervous
- I was too nervous to eat.
neglected
- His tools lay neglected in the garden.
naughty
- He’s a terribly naughty child.
mortification
- He was wallowing in mortification.
modesty
- He won praises for his modesty.
misery
- The family lived in misery for several years.
merry
- What a merry lark.
mad
- Don’t get mad, get even.
pleased
- The mad man came at us with a knife.
displeasure
- His words implied displeasure.
dismay
- He looked at her in dismay.
dislike
- I dislike being away from my family.
peaceful
- The hillsides looked very peaceful.
passive
- He’s very passive in the relationship.
passion
- She argued with great passion.
lust
- He used her just to sate his lust.
proud
- He is too proud to see his own mistake.
pride
- I take pride in my work.
panic
- In no case should you panic.
lulled
- They lulled her into a false sense of security.
love
- I think she’s in love with you.
outrage
- I felt disbelief first of all, then outrage.
outgoing
- I’m cheerful and outgoing.
longing
- People are longing for peace.
lonely
- I live all alone but I never feel lonely.
liking
- She has a liking for fine wines.
like
- I’d like to request a song.
lazy
- I was feeling too lazy to go out.
kindly
- He has kindly agreed to help.
kindhearted
- I am a kindhearted slave driver.
joviality
- There is no joviality to the Premiership panto season.
jolly
- She’s a jolly good teacher.
jittery
- I felt jittery before going on stage.
jealous
- There is no reason to be jealous of me.
jaded
- You look very jaded; you need a holiday.
isolation
- He retired and lived in relative isolation.
irritation
- He felt slight irritation at being kept waiting.
loneliness
- He endured agonies of loneliness and misery.
loathing
- He regarded drug dealers with loathing.
introverted
- I wouldn’t call myself introverted.
interested
- I’ve always been interested in music.
dissatisfied
- She was dissatisfied with the job.
discontent
- The audience buzzed with discontent.

Feeling Words List – Created by Englishstudyonline
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