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GOOD PHRASES THAT DESCRIBE EMOTIONS

Fear
...frozen with terror...
...a shiver ran down
her spine...
...was horrified by ...
...felt a sense of
dread...
...all hairs on her body
stood on their ends...
...could feel the
impending danger...
...trembling with fear...
Shock
...was surprised to...

Happy
...he was ecstatic
over....
...was over the moon...

Angry
...furious over/with...

...jumping with joy...


...head was dizzy with
delight...
...elated to ...

...he saw red...


...mind was engulfed
by rage...
...boiling mad...

...in high spirits...

...livid with rage...

...fuming mad...

...filled with misery...


...broke down into
tears...
...was heart-rending to
see her...
...gloomy and
depressed...

Tired
...worn out with
fatigue...
...could not muster up
a single ounce of
strength any more...
...mortified to see...
...dog tired...
...could not bring
...limbs felt as if they
herself to meet his
were chained to iron
eyes...
shackles...
..ashamed...
...dragging himself on
limply...
...feel herself shrivel up ...his body felt as if it
into a dried prune...
was made of lead...

Hungry
...ravenous for...

Nervous/Excitement
...hands felt clammy...
...butterflies in the
stomach...

Pain
...writhing in agony...
... knife was pierced
through the heart...

Pride
...sense of pleasure...
...surge of pride well
up...

...tingling with
anxiety/excitement...
...could hear his heart
throbbing loudly...
...swallowed down a
gulp and...
...jittery...

...stabbed forcefully
with a blunt knife...
...keel over in gut
wrenching pain...
...filled with agony...

...chest stuck out


proudly...
...conceited...

Temptation
...could not resist...
...felt as if he was being
pulled over by an
invisible thread...
...unconsciously
gravitating towards...
...irresistible...

...amazed to find...

...unexpected...
...astounded...

...flabbergasted...
...was astonished...

...beads of cold sweat


were dripping down...
...pumping with
adrenaline...

Embarrassment
...face turned beet red
with...
...dig herself a hole and
hide...

Sad
...felt wretched with
grief...
...felt gloomy...

...sharp pain sear


through...
...felt the pain shoot
right to his head...
...the pain was
excruciating...

...as proud as a
peacock...
Envy
...green with envy...
...felt a pang of
jealousy...

...feel the stomach


twisting and turning in
agony...
...stomach growling...
...as hungry as a wolf...
...famished...
...wolfed down his
food...
...stomach was begging
for food...

...helplessly drawn
into/towards...

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