Post by Sirius Black on Feb 27, 2006 20:25:37 GMT -5
Emotions
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*Happy
blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, captivated, cheerful, chipper, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, gleeful, gratified, joyful, jubilant, mirthful, overjoyed, peaceful, peppy, pleasant, pleased, satisfied, thrilled
*Sad
bereaved, bitter, blue, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, grieved, heartbroken, languishing, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, morbid, morose, mournful, pensive, pessimistic, somber, sorrowful, wistful, woebegone
*Angry
affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fuming, furious, heated, impassioned, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irritated, offended, outraged, raging, storming, vexed, wrathful,
*Love
affection, amity, appreciation, ardor, cherishing, crush, delight, devotion, enchantment, enjoyment, fidelity, fondness, friendship, inclination, infatuation, lust, passion, rapture, sentiment, tenderness, zeal,
*Hate
abhorrence, abomination, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, disgust, dislike, enmity, execration, hatred, hostility, irritant, loathing or loathed, malevolence, malignity, rancor, repulsion, resentment, scorn
Physical Traits
*Body
physique, anatomy, bod, build, carcass, chassis, embodiment, figure, form, frame, make-up, shape, tenement, torso, trunk
*Head
attic, belfry, block, brain, coconut, cranium, crown, dome, dream box, noddle, noggin, nut, pate, poll, potato, pumpkin, scalp, skull, thinker, upstairs
*Eyes
optics, orbs, voids, pools, spheres, crystals, oculi, peeper, pie, winker
*Mouth/Lips
brim, brink, chops, labium, labrum, aperture, beak, firth, jaws, orifice, trap, yap, maw
*Hair
beard, bristle, feeler, fiber, fluff, fringe, frizzies, fur, lock, mane, mop, strand, thatch, thread, tress, tuft, whiskers, wig, wool
Actions
*Speak
articulate, assert, aver, blab, break silence, bull, chat, chew, chin, communicate, converse, convey, declare, deliver, descant, discourse, drawl, enunciate, expatiate, express, gab, gas, go, jaw, lip, modulate, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, perorate, pop off, pronounce, rap, say, shout, sound, spiel, spill, state, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, yak, yam
*Walk
airing, carriage, circuit, constitutional, gait, hike, jaunt, legwork, march, pace, parade, promenade, ramble, saunter, shlep, step, stretch, stride, stroll, tour, traipse, tramp, tread, turn, saunter
*Run
bound, break, canter, dart, dash, drop, escape, fall, flight, flow, gallop, jog, lope, pace, race, rush, scamper, scuttle, spring, sprint, spurt, tear, trot, whisk
*Feed
satisfy, augment, banquet, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, give, gorge, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual
Other:
Beautiful:
admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, well-formed, wonderful
Good:
acceptable, ace, admirable, agreeable, bad, bully, capital, choice, commendable, congenial, crack, deluxe, excellent, exceptional, favorable, first-class, first-rate, gnarly, gratifying, great, honorable, marvelous, neato, nice, pleasing, positive, precious, prime, rad, recherché, reputable, satisfactory, satisfying, select, shipshape, sound, spanking, splendid, sterling, stupendous, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent, superior, tip-top, valuable, welcome, wonderful, worthy
Great:
able, absolute, aces, adept, admirable, adroit, bad, best, brutal, cold, complete, consummate, crack, downright, dynamite, egregious, exceptional,excellent, expert, fab, fantastic, fine, first-rate, good, heavy, hellacious, marvelous, masterly, mostest, number one, out-and-out, perfect, positive, proficient, skilled, skillful, super dupe, surpassing, terrific, total, tough, transcendent, tremendous, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, wonderful, zero cool
I credit these and other posts of vocab to Brina of:
postsrus.proboards36.com/
*Happy
blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, captivated, cheerful, chipper, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, gleeful, gratified, joyful, jubilant, mirthful, overjoyed, peaceful, peppy, pleasant, pleased, satisfied, thrilled
*Sad
bereaved, bitter, blue, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, grieved, heartbroken, languishing, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, morbid, morose, mournful, pensive, pessimistic, somber, sorrowful, wistful, woebegone
*Angry
affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fuming, furious, heated, impassioned, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irritated, offended, outraged, raging, storming, vexed, wrathful,
*Love
affection, amity, appreciation, ardor, cherishing, crush, delight, devotion, enchantment, enjoyment, fidelity, fondness, friendship, inclination, infatuation, lust, passion, rapture, sentiment, tenderness, zeal,
*Hate
abhorrence, abomination, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, disgust, dislike, enmity, execration, hatred, hostility, irritant, loathing or loathed, malevolence, malignity, rancor, repulsion, resentment, scorn
Physical Traits
*Body
physique, anatomy, bod, build, carcass, chassis, embodiment, figure, form, frame, make-up, shape, tenement, torso, trunk
*Head
attic, belfry, block, brain, coconut, cranium, crown, dome, dream box, noddle, noggin, nut, pate, poll, potato, pumpkin, scalp, skull, thinker, upstairs
*Eyes
optics, orbs, voids, pools, spheres, crystals, oculi, peeper, pie, winker
*Mouth/Lips
brim, brink, chops, labium, labrum, aperture, beak, firth, jaws, orifice, trap, yap, maw
*Hair
beard, bristle, feeler, fiber, fluff, fringe, frizzies, fur, lock, mane, mop, strand, thatch, thread, tress, tuft, whiskers, wig, wool
Actions
*Speak
articulate, assert, aver, blab, break silence, bull, chat, chew, chin, communicate, converse, convey, declare, deliver, descant, discourse, drawl, enunciate, expatiate, express, gab, gas, go, jaw, lip, modulate, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, perorate, pop off, pronounce, rap, say, shout, sound, spiel, spill, state, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, yak, yam
*Walk
airing, carriage, circuit, constitutional, gait, hike, jaunt, legwork, march, pace, parade, promenade, ramble, saunter, shlep, step, stretch, stride, stroll, tour, traipse, tramp, tread, turn, saunter
*Run
bound, break, canter, dart, dash, drop, escape, fall, flight, flow, gallop, jog, lope, pace, race, rush, scamper, scuttle, spring, sprint, spurt, tear, trot, whisk
*Feed
satisfy, augment, banquet, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, give, gorge, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual
Other:
Beautiful:
admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, well-formed, wonderful
Good:
acceptable, ace, admirable, agreeable, bad, bully, capital, choice, commendable, congenial, crack, deluxe, excellent, exceptional, favorable, first-class, first-rate, gnarly, gratifying, great, honorable, marvelous, neato, nice, pleasing, positive, precious, prime, rad, recherché, reputable, satisfactory, satisfying, select, shipshape, sound, spanking, splendid, sterling, stupendous, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent, superior, tip-top, valuable, welcome, wonderful, worthy
Great:
able, absolute, aces, adept, admirable, adroit, bad, best, brutal, cold, complete, consummate, crack, downright, dynamite, egregious, exceptional,excellent, expert, fab, fantastic, fine, first-rate, good, heavy, hellacious, marvelous, masterly, mostest, number one, out-and-out, perfect, positive, proficient, skilled, skillful, super dupe, surpassing, terrific, total, tough, transcendent, tremendous, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, wonderful, zero cool