# What feelings believe Since [feelings are low-level beliefs](mind-feelings.md), this is a list of all the beliefs we can impulsively have. An easy way to parse this list is that (feeling) is a low-level understanding that (simple description). [Language](language.md) can't always precisely define feelings, so these may not be accurate. However, if you disagree, this list has accomplished its purpose because it made you think about it. ## Joy Cluster Happy/Joyful/Joyous - things are well - Carefree - nothing in the future is needed - Content/Contented - nothing is needed - Ecstatic - news of something coming is extremely favorable - Free - there are no present obligations or responsibilities - Satisfied/Satisfaction - nothing needs to be done Accepted - people like you - Fulfilled - you have what you need - Grounded - something or someone is worth [trusting](trust.md) - Liberated - people aren't compelling you to do or avoid anything - Respected - people value what you do - Valued - people value who you are Cheerful - things are so well that you wish to share the joy - Blissful - things are inwardly well - Jovial/Joviality - things are well enough that nothing concerns you - Pleased/Pleasant - things are pleasurable - Delighted - someone has done something enjoyable Elation - Jubilant/Jubilation - Euphoric Enthralled - Enchanted - Rapture Zeal/Zealous - Overzealous Interested - Amused - Curious - Inquisitive Optimistic - Hopeful - Inspired - Open Peaceful - Loving - Thankful Powerful - Courageous - Creative - Provocative Proud - Confident - Illustrious - Important - Successful - Triumphant ## Adoration Cluster Love - something is worth giving value toward Affectionate - Fondness - Romantic Desire - Infatuation - Passion Intimate - Aroused - Cheeky - Playful Longing - Attracted - Sentimental Peaceful - Relieved Tenderness - Caring - Compassionate Trusting - Intimate ## Sadness Cluster Sadness - there has been a loss Abandoned - Victimized Depressed - Empty - Inferior - Sorrow Despair - Grief - Powerless - Vulnerable Disappointed - Dismayed - Displeased Hurt - Disappointed - Embarrassed Guilty - Ashamed - Remorseful Lonely - Abandoned - Isolated Neglected - Ignored - Isolated - Lonely Sensitive Shameful - Regretful - Guilty Suffering - Agony - Hurt Vulnerable - Fragile - Victimized ## Surprise Cluster Surprise - you didn't expect something Amazed - Astonished - Awe/Awestruck Confused - Disillusioned - Perplexed Moved - Stimulated - Touched Overcome - Speechless - Astounded Startled/Stunned - Shocked - Dismayed ## Fear Cluster Fear - something may damage something you value Anxious - Overwhelmed - Worried Horror - Dread - Mortified Insecure - Inadequate - Inferior Nervous - Anxious - Worried Rejected - Alienated - Excluded - Inadequate - Persecuted Scared - Frightened - Helpless - Terrified Terror - Hysterical - Panic Threatened - Nervous - Exposed Weak - Insignificant - Worthless ## Anger Cluster Anger - something is unjust Aggressive - you need to take action against something unjust - Provoked - you believe you *must* act - Hostile - someone has done something you must react toward Bitter - Indignant - Violated Critical - Dismissive - Skeptical - Sarcastic Distant - Numb - Suspicious - Withdrawn Envy - Resentful - Jealous Exasperated - Agitated - Frustrated Frustrated - Annoyed - Infuriated - Irritated Hateful - Resentful - Violated Hurt - Devastated - Embarrassed Irritable - Aggravated - Annoyed Let down - Betrayed - Resentful Mad - Furious - Enraged - Jealous Rage - Hate - Hostile Threatened - Insecure - Jealous ## Disgust Cluster Disgust - you don't like something existing Avoidance - Aversion - Hesitant Awful - Detestable - Nauseated Disappointed - Appalled - Repugnant - Revolted Disapproving - Embarrassed - Judgmental - Loathing Humiliated - Disrespected - Ridiculed Repelled - Hesitant - Horrified ## Displeasure Cluster Abandoned Bored - Apathetic - Indifferent Busy - Pressured - Rushed Stressed - Overwhelmed - Out of control Tired - Sleepy - Unfocused ## Joy+Displeasure Overjoyed - things are so well that you're a little overwhelmed ## Joy+Surprise Excited - Eager - Energetic - Enthusiastic ## Anger+Disgust Contempt - Revulsion/Revolted # WIP [Mood vs Emotion: Differences & Traits | Paul Ekman Group](https://www.paulekman.com/blog/mood-vs-emotion-difference-between-mood-emotion/) ## emotions words Abandoned Absorbed Acceptance Accomplished Admiration Adoration Affection Aggravated Agitated Agony Alarmed Alerted Alive Altruistic Amazed Ambiguous Amused Anger Anguish Animosity Annoyance Annoyed Anxiety Apathetic Appreciative Apprehensive Ardent Aroused Ashamed Astonished Aware Awed Awkward Baffled Bashful Beautiful Beguiled Belonging Bemused Benevolent Bereaved Betrayed Bewildered Bewildering Bewitched Bitter Bittersweet Blaming Blinding Blissful Blue Blurred Blushing Boastful Bold Bombarded Bored Bothered Brave Breathless Breezy Bright Broken Brooding Brutal Buoyant Burdened Burned-out Burnt Bursting Busy Calm Captivated Captive Carefree Careful Caring Cautious Chagrined Charmed Cheerful Cheerless Choked Clamorous Clouded Coiled Cold Comfortable Committed Compassionate Complacent Composed Concerned Confident Confused Constrained Consumed Contemplative Contempt Content Contented Cordial Courageous Covetous Cozy Crafty Cranky Craving Creative Cruel Crushed Culpable Curious Curled-up Cursed Cut-off Cynical Dazed Dazzled Defeated Defiant Deflated Delighted Delinquent Delirious Deluded Demoralized Depressed Desolate Despair Detached Determined Devastated Disappointed Disarmed Discombobulated Discomposed Disconnected Discontent Discouraged Disgust Disgusted Disgustful Disheartened Disillusioned Dismal Dismayed Disoriented Displeased Displeasing Disquieted Distracted Distraught Distressed Disturbed Doting Doubtful Down Downhearted Drained Dreadful Dreamy Dubious Dumbfounded Eager Ecstatic Elated Embarrassed Empowered Enchanted Encouraged Energized Enraged Enthralled Enthusiastic Envy Exasperated Excited Exhausted Exhilarated Exuberant Faint Faithful Fascinated Fatigued Fawning Fearful Fearless Ferocious Festive Feverish Fierce Flabbergasted Flattered Flawed Flippant Flustered Fond Foolish Forced Forceful Foreboding Forgiving Formidable Fragile Frank Frantic Free Frenzied Friendly Frustrated Fulfilled Funny Furious Gallant Generous Giddy Giggly Glad Gleaming Gleeful Gloomy Glorious Glowing Goofy Gorgeous Gracious Grandiose Grateful Greedy Grief Grieved Grim Grisly Groovy Gross Grotesque Grouchy Grudge Gruesome Grumpy Guilty Gullible Gutsy Happy Harassed Hardworking Harmonious Hasty Hateful Haunted Headstrong Heartbroken Heartening Heartfelt Heartwarming Heated Heavenly Heavy Helpless Hesitant High-spirited Hollow Homesick Honorable Honored Hopeful Hopeless Horrible Horrified Hostile Hot-tempered Humble Humbled Humiliated Hungover Hungry Hurt Hurtful Hushed Hyper-aware Hyperactive Hysterical Ignored Ill Illusioned Impassioned Impatient Imperturbable Impressed Impulsive Inadequate Incensed Incomprehensible Indifferent Indignant Infatuated Infuriated Injured Innocent Inquisitive Insatiable Insecure Inspired Insulted Intense Interested Intimidated Intoxicated Intrigued Intrusive Invaded Invigorated Invincible Irked Irritated Isolated Jaded Jarring Jaunty Jealous Jeered Jeering Jinxed Jittery Jocose Jocund Jolted Jovial Joviality Joyful Joyless Joyous Jubilant Judged Judgmental Judicious Jumpy Keen Kid-like Kindhearted Kindled Kissable Knowledgeable Laid-back Lamenting Laughter Lazy Lethargic Liberated Light-hearted Lingering Listless Liveliness Lively Loathing Loathsome Lofty Loneliness Lonely Longing Lost Lovestruck Loving Lovingly Low-spirited Loyal Lucid Lucky Lustful Lyrical Mad Madly in Love Magnanimous Malcontent Malevolent Malicious Manic Manipulated Marveled Marvelous Mean-spirited Meddlesome Meditative Meek Melancholy Mellow Melodious Melodramatic Merciful Merciless Merry Mesmerized Messed up Miffed Mighty Mild Mind-blowing Mind-boggled Mindful Mirthful Misapprehended Mischievous Miserable Miserly Misgiving Misguided Misinterpreted Misjudged Mistrustful Misunderstood Mocked Modest Moody Morbid Morose Mortified Motivated Mourned Mournful Mourning Moved Muddled Multiplying Naive Naughty Needy Neglected Negligent Negligible Nervous Nervy Nonchalant Nostalgic Nourished Numb Nurtured Nurturing Oblivious Observant Obsessed Offbeat Optimistic Ostracized Outraged Overawed Overburdened Overgrown Overindulgent Overjoyed Overreacting Oversensitive Overstimulated Overwhelmed Overworked Overzealous Pained Painful Panicked Panicky Paranoid Passionate Patient Peaceful Pensive Perplexed Persevering Pity Placid Playful Pleasant Pleased Poignant Polite Possessive Powerless Preoccupied Pressured Prickly Pride Protective Proud Provoked Prudent Puzzled Puzzling Quaintly Qualified Quarrelsome Quashed Quaver Quelled Quenched Quenchless Querulous Questioning Quick-tempered Quiet Quirky Quiver Quivering Quizzical Radiant Rattled Ravished Reassured Regal Regretful Reinvigorated Rejected Rejoicing Rejuvenated Relaxed Relieved Reluctant Remorseful Repentant Repulsed Resentful Resigned Resilient Resolute Resplendent Restless Restored Reverent Riled Up Robust Roused Sadness Sanguine Sassy Satisfaction Satisfied Scared Secure Self-confidence Sensational Sensitive Sentimental Serene Serenity Shame Shameful Shy Silly Sincere Skeptical Sore Sorrow Sorrowful Spirited Spontaneous Startled Stress Stressed Stressed-Out Stricken Strong Struggling Supportive Surprise Surprised Suspicion Suspicious Sympathetic Sympathy Tantalized Tearful Teary-Eyed Tempestuous Tenacious Tender Tender-Hearted Tenderness Tense Terrific Terrified Thankful Thirsty Thoughtful Thrill Thrilled Thunderstruck Timid Tired Tolerant Tormented Torn Touched Tragic Tranquility Transfixed Transformed Trapped Trepid Triumphant Troubled Trust Unaffected Unappreciated Unattached Unbalanced Uncertain Uncomfortable Underappreciated Underrepresented Uneasy Unfazed Unfiltered Unforeseen Unforgiving Unfulfilled Ungrateful Unhappy Unheard Unimpressed Uninspired Uninvolved Unloved Unmotivated Unnerved Unpleasant Unquestioning Unraveled Unrelenting Unrequited Unreserved Unresolved Unresponsive Unruly Unseen Unsettled Unsteady Unwanted Unwavering Unworthy Unyielding Upset Valiant Validated Valued Vengeful Vexed Vibrant Victimized Victorious Vigilant Vindicated Violated Vivacious Vivid Volatile Voluptuous Voracious Vulnerable Warm Warm-Hearted Wary Wavering Wearied Weary Weepy Welcomed Welcoming Wholesome Wild Willful Willing Winsome Wise Wistful Withdrawn Wonder Wondering Wondrous Woozy Worried Worrying Worshipful Wrathful Wretched Xenial Xenophobic Yearned For Yearning Youthful Youthful Exuberance Zeal Zealous Zen Zest Zestful ## UNSORTED - NEGATIONS Cheerless Discontent Joyless Malcontent Unfulfilled ## UNSORTED Absorbed Acceptance Accomplished Admiration Adoration Affection Aggravated Agitated Agony Alarmed Alerted Alive Altruistic Amazed Ambiguous Anger Anguish Animosity Annoyance Annoyed Anxiety Apathetic Appreciative Apprehensive Ardent Aroused Ashamed Astonished Aware Awed Awkward Baffled Bashful Beautiful Beguiled Belonging Bemused Benevolent Bereaved Betrayed Bewildered Bewildering Bewitched Bitter Bittersweet Blaming Blinding Blue Blurred Blushing Boastful Bold Bombarded Bored Bothered Brave Breathless Breezy Bright Broken Brooding Brutal Buoyant Burdened Burned-out Burnt Bursting Busy Calm Captivated Captive Careful Caring Cautious Chagrined Charmed Choked Clamorous Clouded Coiled Cold Comfortable Committed Compassionate Complacent Composed Concerned Confident Confused Constrained Consumed Contemplative Contempt Cordial Courageous Covetous Cozy Crafty Cranky Craving Creative Cruel Crushed Culpable Curled-up Cursed Cut-off Cynical Dazed Dazzled Defeated Defiant Deflated Delinquent Delirious Deluded Demoralized Depressed Desolate Despair Detached Determined Devastated Disappointed Disarmed Discombobulated Discomposed Disconnected Discouraged Disgust Disgusted Disgustful Disheartened Disillusioned Dismal Dismayed Disoriented Displeasing Disquieted Distracted Distraught Distressed Disturbed Doting Doubtful Down Downhearted Drained Dreadful Dreamy Dubious Dumbfounded Elated Embarrassed Empowered Encouraged Energized Enraged Envy Exasperated Exhausted Exhilarated Exuberant Faint Faithful Fascinated Fatigued Fawning Fearful Fearless Ferocious Festive Feverish Fierce Flabbergasted Flattered Flawed Flippant Flustered Fond Foolish Forced Forceful Foreboding Forgiving Formidable Fragile Frank Frantic Frenzied Friendly Frustrated Funny Furious Gallant Generous Giddy Giggly Glad Gleaming Gleeful Gloomy Glorious Glowing Goofy Gorgeous Gracious Grandiose Grateful Greedy Grief Grieved Grim Grisly Groovy Gross Grotesque Grouchy Grudge Gruesome Grumpy Guilty Gullible Gutsy Harassed Hardworking Harmonious Hasty Hateful Haunted Headstrong Heartbroken Heartening Heartfelt Heartwarming Heated Heavenly Heavy Helpless Hesitant High-spirited Hollow Homesick Honorable Honored Hopeless Horrible Horrified Hostile Hot-tempered Humble Humbled Humiliated Hungover Hungry Hurt Hurtful Hushed Hyper-aware Hyperactive Hysterical Ignored Ill Illusioned Impassioned Impatient Imperturbable Impressed Impulsive Inadequate Incensed Incomprehensible Indifferent Indignant Infatuated Infuriated Injured Innocent Insatiable Insecure Insulted Intense Intimidated Intoxicated Intrigued Intrusive Invaded Invigorated Invincible Irked Irritated Isolated Jaded Jarring Jaunty Jealous Jeered Jeering Jinxed Jittery Jocose Jocund Jolted Judged Judgmental Judicious Jumpy Keen Kid-like Kindhearted Kindled Kissable Knowledgeable Laid-back Lamenting Laughter Lazy Lethargic Light-hearted Lingering Listless Liveliness Lively Loathing Loathsome Lofty Loneliness Lonely Longing Lost Lovestruck Loving Lovingly Low-spirited Loyal Lucid Lucky Lustful Lyrical Mad Madly in Love Magnanimous Malevolent Malicious Manic Manipulated Marveled Marvelous Mean-spirited Meddlesome Meditative Meek Melancholy Mellow Melodious Melodramatic Merciful Merciless Merry Mesmerized Messed up Miffed Mighty Mild Mind-blowing Mind-boggled Mindful Mirthful Misapprehended Mischievous Miserable Miserly Misgiving Misguided Misinterpreted Misjudged Mistrustful Misunderstood Mocked Modest Moody Morbid Morose Mortified Motivated Mourned Mournful Mourning Moved Muddled Multiplying Naive Naughty Needy Neglected Negligent Negligible Nervous Nervy Nonchalant Nostalgic Nourished Numb Nurtured Nurturing Oblivious Observant Obsessed Offbeat Ostracized Outraged Overawed Overburdened Overgrown Overindulgent Overreacting Oversensitive Overstimulated Overwhelmed Overworked Pained Painful Panicked Panicky Paranoid Passionate Patient Pensive Perplexed Persevering Pity Placid Poignant Polite Possessive Powerless Preoccupied Pressured Prickly Pride Protective Proud Provoked Prudent Puzzled Puzzling Quaintly Qualified Quarrelsome Quashed Quaver Quelled Quenched Quenchless Querulous Questioning Quick-tempered Quiet Quirky Quiver Quivering Quizzical Radiant Rattled Ravished Reassured Regal Regretful Reinvigorated Rejected Rejoicing Rejuvenated Relaxed Relieved Reluctant Remorseful Repentant Repulsed Resentful Resigned Resilient Resolute Resplendent Restless Restored Reverent Riled Up Robust Roused Sadness Sanguine Sassy Scared Secure Self-confidence Sensational Sentimental Serene Serenity Shame Shameful Shy Silly Sincere Skeptical Sore Sorrow Sorrowful Spirited Spontaneous Startled Stress Stressed Stressed-Out Stricken Strong Struggling Supportive Surprise Surprised Suspicion Suspicious Sympathetic Sympathy Tantalized Tearful Teary-Eyed Tempestuous Tenacious Tender Tender-Hearted Tenderness Tense Terrific Terrified Thankful Thirsty Thoughtful Thrill Thrilled Thunderstruck Timid Tired Tolerant Tormented Torn Touched Tragic Tranquility Transfixed Transformed Trapped Trepid Triumphant Troubled Trust Unaffected Unappreciated Unattached Unbalanced Uncertain Uncomfortable Underappreciated Underrepresented Uneasy Unfazed Unfiltered Unforeseen Unforgiving Ungrateful Unhappy Unheard Unimpressed Uninspired Uninvolved Unloved Unmotivated Unnerved Unpleasant Unquestioning Unraveled Unrelenting Unrequited Unreserved Unresolved Unresponsive Unruly Unseen Unsettled Unsteady Unwanted Unwavering Unworthy Unyielding Upset Valiant Validated Vengeful Vexed Vibrant Victimized Victorious Vigilant Vindicated Violated Vivacious Vivid Volatile Voluptuous Voracious Vulnerable Warm Warm-Hearted Wary Wavering Wearied Weary Weepy Welcomed Welcoming Wholesome Wild Willful Willing Winsome Wise Wistful Withdrawn Wonder Wondering Wondrous Woozy Worried Worrying Worshipful Wrathful Wretched Xenial Xenophobic Yearned For Yearning Youthful Youthful Exuberance Zen Zest Zestful Litost (Czech) - a state of torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery Pena ajena (Mexican Spanish) - The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation Schadenfreude (German) - Pleasure derived from someone else’s pain or misfortune Saudade (Portuguese) - A somewhat melancholic feeling of incompleteness; longing for something that might never return Ti voglio bene (Italian) - The attachment for family, friends and pets Hiraeth (Welsh) - A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, or a home which maybe never was Gezelligheid (Dutch) - The comfort and cosiness of being at home with friends and family, or general togetherness L’esprit de l’escalier (French) - Usually translated as “staircase wit”, thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late to deliver it Gigil (Filipino) - The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute Hygghe (Danish) - The comfort of enjoying food and drink with friends and family Ei viitsi (Estonian) - A feeling of slight laziness, and not being bothered to do anything Lykke (Danish) - Ultimate happiness and the feeling that everything is perfect in life Waldeinsamkeit (German) - The feeling of being alone in the woods Sgriob (Gaelic) - The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky Desbundar (Portuguese) - to shed one’s inhibitions in having fun Tarab (Arabic) - a musically induced state of ecstasy or enchantment Shinrin-yoku (Japanese) - the relaxation gained from bathing in the forest, figuratively or literally Gigil (Tagalog) - the irresistible urge to pinch or squeeze someone because they are loved or cherished Yuan bei (Chinese) - a sense of complete and perfect accomplishment Iktsuarpok (Inuit) - the anticipation one feels when waiting for someone, whereby one keeps going outside to check if they have arrived Natsukashii (Japanese) – a nostalgic longing for the past, with happiness for the fond memory, yet sadness that it is no longer Wabi-sabi (Japanese) – a “dark, desolate sublimity” centred on transience and imperfection in beauty Saudade (Portuguese) – a melancholic longing or nostalgia for a person, place or thing that is far away either spatially or in time – a vague, dreaming wistfulness for phenomena that may not even exist Sehnsucht (German) – “life-longings”, an intense desire for alternative states and realisations of life, even if they are unattainable Dadirri (Australian aboriginal) term – a deep, spiritual act of reflective and respectful listening Pihentagyú (Hungarian) – literally meaning “with a relaxed brain”, it describes quick-witted people who can come up with sophisticated jokes or solutions Desenrascanço (Portuguese) – to artfully disentangle oneself from a troublesome situation Sukha (Sanskrit) – genuine lasting happiness independent of circumstances Orenda (Huron) – the power of the human will to change the world in the face of powerful forces such as fate Viraag // Hindi - Quarantine and social distancing are causing a lot of viraag, or the inner turmoil and pain we experience when we’re separated—not just metaphorically but also literally—from the ones we love. Cwtch // Welsh - With physical contact severely restricted, most of us will connect immediately with this Welsh word that means to embrace another person to give them a sense of safety. Basically, what everyone could use right about now. Sielvartas // Lithuanian - The literal translation of this Lithuanian word is “soul tumbling,” which itself is actually a pretty poetic, and accurate, way to describe the seemingly endless emotional tumult that is grief. Fernweh // German - When your circuit is the same almost every day—workplace or home office, supermarket, drugstore, bed—fernweh, the hunger to travel to faraway destinations, can be overwhelmingly strong. Goesting // Dutch - Yes, Can’t Hardly Wait is the title of a generic ’90s teen rom-com, but it’s also perhaps the closest translation in English for this Dutch word that sums up how we’re all feeling about the end of the pandemic. Friluftsliv // Norwegian - The literal translation of this Norwegian word, often attributed to playwright Henrik Ibsen, is “free air life,” or the appreciation of the restorative power of being outdoors and engaged with nature. The pandemic has curtailed most outdoor activities that involve close proximity with others, but solo or socially distanced pursuits—hiking, biking, walking, or just sitting quietly—offer the relaxation and reinvigoration most of us need. Volta // Greek - The Greek concept of volta—an early-evening communal stroll around town—is not only an excellent post-meal digestion aid but also an opportunity to get out of the house and get your body moving, in a leisurely, no-need-to-sweat manner. Boketto (ぼけっと)// Japanese - Working from home, eating at home, trying to relax at home—home is where a lot of us have been spending our waking, and sleeping, hours for the past seven months. That time has provided ample occasion to perfect the Japanese art of boketto, or staring blankly into space. Tingá // Tagalog - Intimate candlelit dinners for two are more or less nonexistent right now, so there’s little need to worry about tingá, the word in Tagalog for those embarrassing bits and pieces of food that can get stuck between the teeth and dampen a romantic mood. Donaldkacsázás // Hungarian - When you’re confined to the house, what’s the point of dressing up … or even getting fully dressed, for that matter? Maybe it’s time to follow Donald Duck’s lead and Donaldkacsázás—slang for “Donald ducking,” a.k.a. meandering around your home wearing a shirt but no pants. Just don’t forget to remain seated during that Zoom conference call.