Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
- scruple
- uneasiness about the fitness of an action
- enthusiasm
- a feeling of excitement
- envy
- a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
- wish
- a specific feeling of desire
- lovesickness
- a pining for a loved one
- penis envy
- (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity
- exhilaration
- the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
- unconcern
- a feeling of lack of concern
- antagonism
- an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
- self-distrust
- lack of self-confidence
- unhappiness
- emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
- compunction
- a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
- distaste
- a feeling of intense dislike
- lustfulness
- a strong sexual desire
- relaxation
- a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
- glow
- a feeling of considerable warmth
- nausea
- disgust so strong it makes you feel sick
- conscience
- a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
- alleviation
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- pet
- a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
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