Building rapport and empathy


The list of feelings and emotions

The list of feelings, divided into 5 groups.
The list is presented in two variants - compact one and detailed one, with explanations for each feeling.
The list is based on materials from the web site atlasofemotions.org

The list of feelings in compact form

The list of feelings with explanations

1. Anger

  • Annoyance
      Very mild anger caused by a nuisance or inconvenience.
  • Frustration
      A response to repeated failures to overcome an obstacle.
  • Exasperation
      Anger caused by a repeated or strong nuisance.
  • Argumentativeness
      A tendency to engage in disagreements.
  • Bitterness
      Anger after unfair treatment.
  • Vengefulness
      Desire to retaliate after one is hurt.
  • Fury
      Uncontrolled and often violent anger.

2. Fear

  • Trepidation
      Anticipation of the possibility of danger
  • Nervousness
      Uncertainty as to whether there is a danger.
  • Anxiety
      Fear of an anticipated or actual threat and uncertainty about one's ability to cope with it.
  • Dread
      Anticipation of severe danger.
  • Desperation
      A response to the inability to reduce danger.
  • Panic
      Sudden uncontrollable fear.
  • Horror
      A mixture of fear, disgust, and shock.
  • Terror
      Intense, overpowering fear.

3. Disgust

  • Dislike
      A preference against something.
  • Aversion
      An impulse to avoid something disgusting.
  • Distaste
      Reaction to a bad taste, smell, thing or idea. Can be literal or metaphorical.
  • Repugnance
      Strong distaste for something, often a concept or idea.
  • Revulsion
      A mixture of disgust and loathing.
  • Abhorrence
      A mixture of intense disgust and hatred.
  • Loathing
      Intense disgust focused on a person. Intense disgust focused on oneself is called self-loathing.

4. Sadness

  • Disappointment
      A feeling that expectations are not being met.
  • Discouragement
      A response to repeated failures to accomplish something: the belief that it can't be done.
  • Distraughtness
      Sadness that makes it hard to think clearly.
  • Resignation
      The belief that nothing can be done.
  • Helplessness
      The realization that one cannot make a situation better or easier.
  • Hopelessness
      The belief that nothing good will happen.
  • Misery
      Strong suffering or unhappiness.
  • Despair
      The loss of hope that a bad situation will improve or change.
  • Grief
      Sadness over a deep loss.
  • Sorrow
      A feeling of distress and sadness, often caused by a loss.
  • Anguish
      Intense sadness or suffering.

5. Enjoyment

  • Sensory PLEASURE
      Enjoyment derived through one of the five physical senses: sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.
  • Rejoicing
      A warm, uplifting feeling that people experience when they see acts of human goodness, kindness and compassion. Also called elevation
  • Compassion/JOY
      Enjoyment of helping to relieve another person's suffering.
  • Amusement
      Light, playful feelings of enjoyment and good humor.
  • Schadenfreude
      Enjoyment of the misfortunes of another person, usually a rival.
  • Relief
      When something expected to be unpleasant, especially the threat of harm, is avoided or comes to an end.
  • Peace
      An experience of ease and contentment.
  • Fiero
      Enjoyment of meeting a difficult challenge (an Italian word).
  • Pride
      Deep pleasure and satisfaction derived from one's own achievements or the achievements of an associate.
  • Naches
      An experience of something that is very surprising, beautiful, amazing or hard to believe.
  • Wonder
      An experience of something that is very surprising, beautiful, amazing or hard to believe.
  • Excitement
      A powerful enthusiasm.
  • Ecstasy
      Rapturous delight. A state of very great happiness, nearly overwhelming.

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