EMOTIONS IN THIS BOOK

The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression contains lists of body language, facial expressions, dialogue cues, visceral sensations, and thoughts associated with 130 different feelings.

  • Acceptance
    Admiration
    Adoration
    Agitation
    Amazement
    Amusement
    Anger
    Anguish
    Annoyance
    Anticipation
    Anxiety
    Appalled
    Apprehension
    Awe
    Betrayed
    Bitterness
    Certainty
    Concern
    Confidence
    Conflicted
    Confusion
    Connectedness
    Contempt
    Curiosity
    Defeat
    Defensiveness
    Defiant
    Denial
    Depressed
    Desire
    Despair
    Desperation
    Determination
    Devastation
    Disappointment
    Disbelief
    Discouraged
    Disgust
    Disillusionment
    Dissatisfaction
    Doubt
    Dread
    Eagerness
    Elation

  • Emasculated
    Embarrassment
    Empathy
    Envy
    Euphoria
    Excitement
    Fear
    Fearlessness
    Flustered
    Frustration
    Gratitude
    Grief
    Guilt
    Happiness
    Hatred
    Homesick
    Hopefulness
    Horror
    Humbled
    Humiliation
    Hurt
    Hysteria
    Impatience
    Inadequate
    Indifference
    Insecurity
    Inspired
    Intimidated
    Irritation
    Jealousy
    Loneliness
    Longing
    Love
    Lust
    Moody
    Moved
    Neglected
    Nervousness
    Nostalgia
    Obsessed
    Overwhelmed
    Panic
    Paranoia

  • Peacefulness
    Pity
    Pleased
    Powerlessness
    Pride
    Rage
    Regret
    Relief
    Reluctance
    Remorse
    Resentment
    Resignation
    Sadness
    Sappy
    Satisfaction
    Schadenfreude
    Scorn
    Self-Loathing
    Self-Pity
    Shame
    Shock
    Skepticism
    Smugness
    Somberness
    Stunned
    Surprise
    Suspicion
    Sympathy
    Terror
    Tormented
    Unappreciated
    Uncertainty
    Unease
    Validated
    Valued
    Vengeful
    Vindicated
    Vulnerability
    Wanderlust
    Wariness
    Wistful
    Worry
    Worthlessness