Emotional Adjectives

Ralph (Ireland)
List of adjectives that can be used to describe emotions.

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  1. objective
    undistorted by emotion or personal bias
  2. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  3. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  4. rational
    having its source in or being guided by the intellect
  5. affected
    being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
  6. affectional
    characterized by emotion
  7. affective
    characterized by emotion
  8. aroused
    excessively affected by emotion
  9. ashen
    pale from illness or emotion
  10. blanched
    anemic looking from illness or emotion
  11. bloodless
    anemic looking from illness or emotion
  12. bloodless
    devoid of human emotion or feeling
  13. charged
    fraught with great emotion
  14. charged
    capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy
  15. chilly
    not characterized by emotion
  16. cold
    extended meanings
  17. cold-eyed
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  18. crimson
    reddened as if from emotion or exertion
  19. electric
    exciting or thrilling
  20. electrifying
    causing a surge of emotion or excitement
  21. emotional
    of or pertaining to feelings
  22. emotional
    of more than usual feeling
  23. emotional
    excessively affected by feelings
  24. emotional
    determined by feelings rather than reason
  25. emotive
    characterized by feeling
  26. empty
    void of emotion
  27. excited
    marked by uncontrolled emotion
  28. excited
    feeling a great deal of enthusiasm or eagerness
  29. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  30. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  31. feverish
    marked by intense agitation or emotion
  32. fiery
    characterized by intense emotion
  33. flushed
    reddened as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  34. frantic
    marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
  35. frantic
    excessively agitated; distraught with violent emotion
  36. frenetic
    excessively agitated
  37. frenzied
    excessively agitated
  38. galvanic
    affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
  39. galvanising
    affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
  40. galvanizing
    affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
  41. gruff
    deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or emotion
  42. hectic
    marked by intense activity or agitation
  43. hoarse
    deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness
  44. hot-blooded
    prone to emotion
  45. husky
    deep and harsh sounding
  46. hysterical
    marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion
  47. impassioned
    characterized by intense emotion
  48. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  49. incandescent
    characterized by ardent emotion, intensity, or brilliance
  50. livid
    pale or ashen, as from illness or emotion
  51. lyric
    of or relating to poetry that expresses emotion
  52. lyric
    expressing deep emotion
  53. lyrical
    expressing deep emotion
  54. mad
    marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
  55. moved
    being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
  56. moving
    arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
  57. nonsubjective
    undistorted by emotion or personal bias
  58. obsessed
    influenced by a powerful force such as a strong emotion
  59. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  60. perfervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  61. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  62. phlegmatical
    showing little emotion
  63. phrenetic
    excessively agitated
  64. possessed
    influenced by a powerful force such as a strong emotion
  65. red
    suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  66. reddened
    (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  67. red-faced
    (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  68. red-hot
    characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement
  69. responsive
    readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli
  70. sensational
    causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
  71. sizzling
    characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement
  72. soulful
    filled with or expressing deep emotion
  73. stirred
    being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
  74. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  75. supercharged
    fraught with great emotion
  76. thrilling
    causing a surge of emotion or excitement
  77. torrid
    characterized by intense emotion
  78. touched
    being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
  79. unblinking
    showing no visible emotion
  80. undemonstrative
    not given to open expression of emotion
  81. unemotional
    unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
  82. unrestrained
    marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
  83. white
    anemic looking from illness or emotion
  84. wild
    in a state of extreme emotion
  85. worked up
    (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
  86. climb down
    come down
Created on Wed Oct 31 09:05:41 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Mar 20 10:20:40 EDT 2014)

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