Verbs of feeling
- abase
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- abash
- cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- abhor
- find repugnant
- abreact
- discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
- acerbate
- cause to be bitter or resentful
- ache
- have a desire for something or someone who is not present
- admire
- feel admiration for
- adore
- love intensely
- affect
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- afflict
- cause great unhappiness for; distress
- affright
- cause fear in
- aggravate
- exasperate or irritate
- aggrieve
- cause to feel sorrow
- agitate
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- agonise
- suffer agony or anguish
- agonise
- cause to agonize
- alarm
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- alienate
- make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
- alienate
- arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
- allay
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- ambition
- have as one's ambition
- anger
- make angry
- anger
- become angry
- anguish
- suffer great pains or distress
- anguish
- cause emotional anguish or make miserable
- animate
- heighten or intensify
- annoy
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- antagonise
- provoke the hostility of
- anticipate
- be excited or anxious about
- appal
- strike with disgust or revulsion
- appeal
- be attractive to
- appease
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- appreciate
- recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
- apprehend
- anticipate with dread or anxiety
- arouse
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- arouse
- stimulate sexually
- ask for
- increase the likelihood of
- assure
- cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
- atone
- turn away from sin or do penitence
- awe
- inspire awe in
- badger
- annoy persistently
- ball over
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
- ballyrag
- be bossy towards
- bask
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- be on cloud nine
- feel extreme happiness or elation
- beam
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- beatify
- make blessedly happy
- beatify
- fill with sublime emotion
- becharm
- attract; cause to be enamored
- beckon
- appear inviting
- bedevil
- treat cruelly
- begrudge
- be envious of; set one's heart on
- begrudge
- wish ill or allow unwillingly
- bemuse
- cause to be confused emotionally
- benight
- overtake with darkness or night
- beset
- annoy continually or chronically
- besiege
- cause to feel distressed or worried
- betray
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- blow a fuse
- get very angry and fly into a rage
- boil
- be in an agitated emotional state
- bore
- cause to be bored
- bother
- make confused or perplexed or puzzled
- bother
- make nervous or agitated
- brace
- prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
- break down
- lose control of one's emotions
- break someone's heart
- cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody
- break up
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- break
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- bridle
- anger or take offense
- bring
- attract the attention of
- bring down
- cause to be enthusiastic
- bring out
- encourage to be less reserved
- brood
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- bruise
- hurt the feelings of
- bubble over
- overflow with a certain feeling
- buck up
- gain courage
- buffalo
- intimidate or overawe
- buoy up
- make more cheerful
- burn
- feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- calm
- become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
- calm
- make calm or still
- care
- feel concern or interest
- care a hang
- show no concern or interest; always used in the negative
- care for
- have a liking, fondness, or taste (for)
- care for
- be fond of; be attached to
- care
- prefer or wish to do something
- care
- be concerned with
- cark
- disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
- cast down
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- chafe
- feel extreme irritation or anger
- cheer
- give encouragement to
- chill
- depress or discourage
- churn up
- cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
- cling
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached
- cloud
- make gloomy or depressed
- combust
- cause to become violent or angry
- come short
- fail to meet (expectations or standards)
- comfort
- give moral or emotional strength to
- commiserate
- to feel or express sympathy or compassion
- compassionate
- share the suffering of
- compose
- calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
- condole
- express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death
- confuse
- cause to feel embarrassment
- congratulate
- be proud of
- consternate
- fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
- contemn
- look down on with disdain
- content
- make content
- control
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- cool off
- feel less enamoured of something or somebody
- cotton
- take a liking to
- cotton up
- ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
- covet
- wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
- cow
- subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
- craze
- cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
- crucify
- hold within limits and control
- crush
- humiliate or depress completely
- dash
- cause to lose courage
- deflect
- draw someone's attention away from something
- degrade
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- dehumanise
- deprive of human qualities
- delight
- hold spellbound
- delight
- give pleasure to or be pleasing to
- derange
- derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
- desire
- express a desire for
- desire
- expect and wish
- desire
- feel or have a desire for; want strongly
- despair
- abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
- despond
- lose confidence or hope; become dejected
- detest
- dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
- devour
- enjoy avidly
- die
- feel indifferent towards
- die
- be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- die
- languish as with love or desire
- disappoint
- fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
- disarm
- make less hostile; win over
- discomfit
- cause to lose one's composure
- discontent
- make dissatisfied
- discountenance
- look with disfavor on
- discourage
- deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- disenchant
- free from enchantment
- disgruntle
- put into a bad mood or into bad humour
- dishearten
- take away the enthusiasm of
- dislike
- have or feel a dislike or distaste for
- displease
- give displeasure to
- dissatisfy
- fail to satisfy
- dissolve
- lose control emotionally
- dissolve
- cause to lose control emotionally
- distress
- cause mental pain to
- disturb
- move deeply
- dither
- act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
- dither
- make a fuss; be agitated
- domineer
- rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
- dote
- shower with love; show excessive affection for
- draw
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- draw out
- make more sociable
- dread
- be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
- drift apart
- lose personal contact over time
- drool over
- envy without restraint
- drool
- be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
- eat into
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- eat
- worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
- efface
- make inconspicuous
- elate
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- electrify
- excite suddenly and intensely
- emote
- give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
- encourage
- inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- endear
- make attractive or lovable
- enervate
- disturb the composure of
- engrave
- impress or affect deeply
- enjoy
- get pleasure from
- enrage
- put into a rage; make violently angry
- enshrine
- hold sacred
- entertain
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- enthuse
- cause to feel enthusiasm
- envy
- feel envious towards; admire enviously
- exasperate
- make furious
- excite
- arouse or elicit a feeling
- excite
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- excruciate
- torment emotionally or mentally
- experience
- undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
- express emotion
- give verbal or other expression to one's feelings
- fall apart
- lose one's emotional or mental composure
- fall for
- fall in love with; become infatuated with
- fancy
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- fascinate
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
- fear
- be uneasy or apprehensive about
- fear
- be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement
- fear
- be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
- fear
- regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
- feast one's eyes
- look at with great enjoyment
- feel like
- have an inclination for something or some activity
- ferment
- be in an agitated or excited state
- ferment
- work up into agitation or excitement
- fire up
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
- fluster
- cause to be nervous or upset
- fluster
- be flustered; behave in a confused manner
- fly high
- be elated
- foam at the mouth
- be in a state of uncontrolled anger
- freak
- lose one's nerve
- fret
- cause annoyance in
- fret
- be agitated or irritated
- fret
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- fuel
- stimulate
- fume
- be mad, angry, or furious
- gall
- irritate or vex
- galvanise
- to stimulate to action
- get
- evoke an emotional response
- get
- irritate
- ghost
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- gladden
- become glad or happy
- gladden
- make glad or happy
- glow
- be exuberant or high-spirited
- goad
- give heart or courage to
- gratify
- make happy or satisfied
- grieve
- feel grief
- grudge
- accept or admit unwillingly
- grudge
- bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
- hamstring
- make ineffective or powerless
- handle
- show and train
- hanker
- desire strongly or persistently
- hero-worship
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
- hit home
- refer to or be relevant or familiar to
- hold over
- intimidate somebody (with a threat)
- hope
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- humanise
- make more humane
- humble
- cause to be unpretentious
- hype up
- get excited or stimulated
- impress
- impress positively
- incline
- feel favorably disposed or willing
- infatuate
- arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
- ingratiate
- gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
- inhibit
- make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally
- interest
- excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
- intimidate
- make timid or fearful
- intimidate
- to compel or deter by or as if by threats
- invite
- give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
- itch
- have a strong desire or urge to do something
- jar
- affect in a disagreeable way
- jolt
- disturb (someone's) composure
- joy
- feel happiness or joy
- keen
- express grief verbally
- kill
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- knock out
- overwhelm with admiration
- lacerate
- deeply hurt the feelings of; distress
- lech after
- have a strong sexual desire for
- like
- want to have
- like
- be fond of
- like
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- lock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- look down on
- regard with contempt
- lose
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- love
- have a great affection or liking for
- love
- be enamored or in love with
- lull
- calm by deception
- madden
- make mad
- madden
- drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
- miff
- cause to be annoyed
- miss
- feel or suffer from the lack of
- moon about
- be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed
- mortify
- practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- mourn
- feel sadness
- mourn
- observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one
- move
- arouse sympathy or compassion in
- nag
- worry persistently
- nerve
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
- obsess
- be preoccupied with something
- offend
- cause to feel resentment or indignation
- overcome
- overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- overjoy
- cause to feel extremely joyful or happy
- panic
- cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
- panic
- be overcome by a sudden fear
- peeve
- cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
- pierce
- move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
- please
- give satisfaction
- please
- be the will of or have the will (to)
- pother
- make upset or troubled
- pour cold water on
- be discouraging or negative about
- prefer
- like better; value more highly
- preoccupy
- engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- prepossess
- cause to be preoccupied
- prepossess
- make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand
- prick
- to cause a sharp emotional pain
- pride oneself
- feel proud of
- puff
- make proud or conceited
- put off
- cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
- puzzle
- be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
- rack
- stretch to the limits
- rage
- feel intense anger
- raise the roof
- get very angry
- recapture
- experience anew
- reduce
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- regret
- feel sad about the loss or absence of
- regret
- feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- rejoice
- be ecstatic with joy
- rekindle
- arouse again
- repel
- be repellent to; cause aversion in
- resent
- feel bitter or indignant about
- retire
- lose interest
- rise
- become heartened or elated
- romance
- have a love affair with
- ruffle
- discompose
- ruffle
- trouble or vex
- sadden
- make unhappy
- sadden
- come to feel sad
- scruple
- raise scruples
- shame
- cause to be ashamed
- shock
- strike with horror or terror
- shout down
- silence or overwhelm by shouting
- sizzle
- seethe with deep anger or resentment
- smite
- affect suddenly with deep feeling
- smolder
- have strong suppressed feelings
- spook
- frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
- stagger
- astound or overwhelm, as with shock
- steam
- get very angry
- sting
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
- stir
- affect emotionally
- strain
- test the limits of
- strike a chord
- evoke a reaction, response, or emotion
- strike dumb
- render speechless, as by surprising or shocking
- stultify
- prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- suffer
- experience (emotional) pain
- sweep away
- overwhelm emotionally
- sympathise
- share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
- tease
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- tempt
- try to seduce
- terrify
- fill with terror; frighten greatly
- thrill
- feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
- titillate
- excite pleasurably or erotically
- tribulate
- oppress or trouble greatly
- try
- give pain or trouble to
- unman
- cause to lose one's nerve
- vex
- disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
- warm to
- become excited about
- wean
- detach the affections of
- weigh down
- be oppressive or disheartening to
- wish
- hope for; have a wish
- wish
- feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of
- work
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- worry
- be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
- worship
- show devotion to (a deity)
- wow
- impress greatly
- yearn
- have affection for; feel tenderness for
- zap
- strike suddenly and with force