EMOTIONS VOCABULARY

Adoration: very strong love or worship for someone:

Sentence: The doctor has earned the adoration of his patients.

Amazement: a feeling of great surprise or wonder.

Sentence: The crowd watched in amazement as the magician performed his tricks.

Exasperation: the feeling of being annoyed, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem.

Sentence: They had all experienced the exasperation and frustration of holiday shopping

Aversion: a feeling of strong dislike or unwillingness to do something:

Sentence: Many people have a natural and emotional aversion to insects.

Jubilation: a feeling of great happiness,

Sentence: There was jubilation in the crowd as the winning goal was scored.

Trepidation: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.

Sentence: I wake up each day with a feeling of nervous trepidation, fearing what it will bring.

Abominate: to hate something very much:

Sentence: The elderly couple abominated their rude neighbors because they constantly made loud noises at night

Homesickness: the feeling of being sad because you are away from home

Sentence: A wave of homesickness engulfed her, and she struggled back to the firm ground of reality.

Seclusion: the state of being alone, away from other people

Sentence: He’s been living in seclusion since he retired from acting.

Indignation: anger about a situation that you think is wrong or not fair

Sentence: The decision to close the factory has aroused the indignation of the townspeople.

Dejection: the feeling of being unhappy, disappointed, or without hope

Sentence: They returned to their homes in deep dejection.

Flabbergast: to shock or surprise (someone)

Sentence: We were flabbergasted by the news that he had won the lottery