emotions

ecstasy
- joy
  - serenity
    When the world feels good.
    - It has, he says, brought serenity to a soul once in torment.
  - I felt joy while skating with my niece.
- love
  - I love flowers.
admiration(n)
- trust(n)
  - I need people that I can trust.
  - I want to be around people that I can trust.
  - acceptance
    Acceptance of human behavior is one of my bravest personal qualities. To take it as it comes!
    - to accept(v)
      - Even though I don’t like to use X, I have to accept the fact that I have to use X.
  - Why do you trust me?
  - Why should I trust you?
  - I can trust him!
- to admire(v)
  - I admire Elon Musk.
- I enjoy the admiration of my colleagues.
  My colleagues respect me.
- Elon Musk has earned my admiration.
terror
- fear
  - apprehension
    - I’m feeling a little apprehension right now.
    - I’m feeling a little apprehension about this negotiation.
  - to be afraid
    - He’s fearless! He’s not afraid of anything!
    - I’m afraid of being alone in [a lift|an elevator].
    - I afraid of [heights| snakes| elevators].
  - to be scared
    - I am scared to be home alone.
    - He’s very scary!
    - I’m scared of heights.
  - to be fearful
  - I have a fear of being alone at home.
  - I have a fear of walking home at night.
- There are terrorists in the streets of Kabul.
amazement(n)
- surprise
  - distraction
    - My wife is a pleasant distraction.
    - to be distracted
  - I’m going to surprise my wife with a new ring.
  - I was surprised!
  - I really like happy surprises!
- to amaze
  - I wanted to amaze her with my gift!
  - I wanted to impress her with my gift!
  - That amazes me!
disapproval
- prefixe
  - dis
- root
  - approv
- suffix
  - al
- to disapprove(verb)
  - I disapproved of the changes.
- antonym
  - approval
grief
- to grieve(v)
  - We greive with the family on their loss.
  - Allow yourself time to grieve.
optimism
I used to be an optimist but with age I’ve become more of a realist.
- I have great optimism for the future of X!
loathing
- Don’t whip yourself into a frenzy of self-pity and internal loathing.
- disgust
  - boredom(n)
    - to be bored(v state)
    - to bore (v)
      - I don’t want to bore you but here are more pictures of my cousin’s dog.
      - My presentation might bore you but it’s important to know.
  - The design of this UI is disgusting.
- contempt
  - I have great contempt for the design of this software.
rage(n)
- to rage(v)
  - She rages against racism.
- How did we survive such impossible grief and rage?
- He killed my dog. I am full of rage!
- anger(n)
  - annoyance(n)
    - to annoy(v)
      - This book annoys me.
      - This music is really annoying.
      - If the deal goes bad I would be annoyed.
      - If the deal goes bad I won’t be annoyed.
      - I was annoyed by their style of negotiation.
      - Dirty halls annoy me.
    - I was [irritated|annoyed] by the loud music.
  - to anger(v)
    - She’s quick to anger.
    - He was prone to anger and jealousy.
  - angry
    - The news makes me angry sometimes.
vigilance
- We must exercise greater vigilance over asset-price movements than we did in the past.
- anticipation(n)
  - interest
    - The show interested me.
    - I have many [hobbies|interests].
    - I know that he is interested in X.
  - to anticipate
    - He [expected|anticipated] problems with the server.
  - We were waiting in anticipation for the concert to start.
- to be vigilant(v)
- vigilante
  - Batman is a vigilante.