If you think about a particular emotion, how many words can you use to express it? How many words do you know to express a different side of an emotion? There are more than you might think.
I recently stumbled across a list of feelings with the associated words, and the list is BIG! For example, according to this list, happiness can be expressed with 19 different words, such as joyous, cheerful, merry, jubilant and so on. If you are depressed, you can also express that in 19 different words (lucky choice), such as lousy, ashamed, miserable, terrible, dissatisfied and so on (Source:http://www.psychpage.com)
Although I find that list a little “messy”, I got intrigued by the idea of correctly labeling a certain emotion. Our feelings are not all-or-nothing. There are different aspects that can express a different side…
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