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Character Helps for Writing
Character Feelings
You can describe your character's feelings in more exact terms than just "happy" or "sad." Check these lists for the exact nuance to describe your character's intensity of feelings.
Intensity of
Feelings HAPPY SAD ANGRY CONFUSED
High Elated
Excited
Overjoyed
Thrilled
Exuberant
Ecstatic
Fired up
Delighted Depressed
Disappointed
Alone
Hurt
Left out
Dejected
Hopeless
Sorrowful
Crushed Furious
Enraged
Outraged
Aggrivated
Irate
Seething Bewildered
Trapped
Troubled
Desperate
Lost
Medium Cheerful
Up
Good
Relieved
Satisfied
Contented Heartbroken
Down
Upset
Distressed
Regret Upset
Mad
Annoyed
Frustrated
Agitated
Hot
Disgusted Disorganized
Foggy
Misplaced
Disoriented
Mixed up
Mild Glad
Content
Satisfied
Pleasant
Fine
Mellow
Pleased Unhappy
Moody
Blue
Sorry
Lost
Bad
Dissatisfied Perturbed
Uptight
Dismayed
Put out
Irritated
Touchy
Unsure
Puzzled
Bothered
Uncomfortable
Undecided
Baffled
Perplexed
Intensity of
Feelings AFRAID WEAK STRONG GUILTY
High Terrified
Horrified
Scared stiff
Petrified
Fearful
Panicky Helpless
Hopeless
Beat
Overwhelmed
Impotent
Small
Exhausted
Drained
Powerful
Aggressive
Gung ho
Potent
Super
Forceful
Proud
Determined Sorrowful
Remorseful
Ashamed
Unworthy
Worthless
Medium Scared
Frightened
Threatened
Insecure
Uneasy
Shocked Dependent
Incapable
Lifeless
Tired
Rundown
Lazy
Insecure
Shy Energetic
Capable
Confident
Persuasive
Sure Sorry
Lowdown
Sneaky
Mild Apprehensive
Nervous
Worried
Timid
Unsure
Anxious Unsatisfied
Under par
Shaky
Unsure
Soft
Lethargic
Inadequate Secure
Durable
Adequate
Able
Capable Embarrassed
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Character Feelings
You can describe your character's feelings in more exact terms than just "happy" or "sad." Check these lists for the exact nuance to describe your character's intensity of feelings.
Intensity of Feelings | HAPPY | SAD | ANGRY | CONFUSED |
High | Elated Excited Overjoyed Thrilled Exuberant Ecstatic Fired up Delighted | Depressed Disappointed Alone Hurt Left out Dejected Hopeless Sorrowful Crushed | Furious Enraged Outraged Aggrivated Irate Seething | Bewildered Trapped Troubled Desperate Lost |
Medium | Cheerful Up Good Relieved Satisfied Contented | Heartbroken Down Upset Distressed Regret | Upset Mad Annoyed Frustrated Agitated Hot Disgusted | Disorganized Foggy Misplaced Disoriented Mixed up |
Mild | Glad Content Satisfied Pleasant Fine Mellow Pleased | Unhappy Moody Blue Sorry Lost Bad Dissatisfied | Perturbed Uptight Dismayed Put out Irritated Touchy | Unsure Puzzled Bothered Uncomfortable Undecided Baffled Perplexed |
Intensity of Feelings | AFRAID | WEAK | STRONG | GUILTY |
High | Terrified Horrified Scared stiff Petrified Fearful Panicky | Helpless Hopeless Beat Overwhelmed Impotent Small Exhausted Drained | Powerful Aggressive Gung ho Potent Super Forceful Proud Determined | Sorrowful Remorseful Ashamed Unworthy Worthless |
Medium | Scared Frightened Threatened Insecure Uneasy Shocked | Dependent Incapable Lifeless Tired Rundown Lazy Insecure Shy | Energetic Capable Confident Persuasive Sure | Sorry Lowdown Sneaky |
Mild | Apprehensive Nervous Worried Timid Unsure Anxious | Unsatisfied Under par Shaky Unsure Soft Lethargic Inadequate | Secure Durable Adequate Able Capable | Embarrassed |
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