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Database of Emotional Words (390 Entries)

Emotional words are words that either describe or induce an emotion. These are important to persuasion such as marketing and to creative expression such as storytelling. Emotional words are also used in everyday communication such as expressing your feelings or socializing.

All (392)

Positive (168)

Negative (117)

Motivational (45)

Curiosity (38)

Urgency (30)

Abandoned	Abundant
Accommodating	Achieve
Act Quickly	Admired
Adorable	Advance
Affable	Affectionate
Afraid	Ageless
Aggrieved	Agitated
Alarmed	Alive
Amazing	Amenable
Amused	Angered
Animated	Annoyed
Anxious	Apathetic
Appreciated	Ashamed
Aspire	Astonishing
Awesome	Balanced
Beaming	Beautiful
Believe	Beloved
Bewildered	Bitter
Blessed	Blissful
Bold	Bored
Brave	Breakthrough
Breathtaking	Bright
Broken	Bubbly
Bullish	Calm
Capable	Caring
Casual	Celebrated
Challenge	Champion
Change	Chase
Cheerful	Cherished
Chill	Closing
Cohesive	Cold
Comfortable	Comforting
Composed	Compulsive
Confident	Confidential
Confused	Conquered
Considerate	Constricted
Content	Convinced
Courage	Courageous
Cowardly	Cozy
Creative	Critical
Crushed	Curious
Danger	Dazzling
Deadline	Dedication
Defeated	Defenseless
Delicate	Delighted
Desolate	Despairing
Desperate	Detached
Determination	Devoted
Disappointed	Discontent
Discover	Disgruntled
Disheartened	Dismayed
Displeased	Dissatisfied
Distraught	Distressed
Don't Miss Out	Down
Dramatic	Drive
Eager	Easygoing
Ecstatic	Effervescent
Elated	Embarrassed
Embittered	Emergency
Empowered	Enchanting
Encouraged	Ends Soon
Endurance	Energized
Enigma	Entertaining
Enthusiastic	Envious
Epic	Euphoric
Exasperated	Excellence
Excited	Exclusive
Exhausted	Exhilarated
Expectations	Extraordinary
Extravagant	Fabulous
Faint	Faithful
Fantastic	Fascinating
Fast	Fearful
Fearless	Fierce
Final	Final Call
Flexible	Forbidden
Fragile	Frantic
Free-spirited	Frightened
Frustrated	Fulfilled
Fun	Fun-loving
Furious	Generous
Gentle	Giving
Gleeful	Glowing
Grateful	Greatness
Grief-stricken	Grit
Grounded	Guilty
Happy	Happy-go-lucky
Harmonious	Heartfelt
Helpful	Helpless
Hidden	High Spirits
Honest	Hopeful
Hopeless	Hostile
Humorous	Hurry
Hurt	Hustle
Idealistic	Ignite
Imaginative	Immediate
Impressive	Impulsive
Inadequate	Incredible
Indignant	Innovative
Insecure	Inspired
Instant	Intriguing
Invigorated	Invincible
Irritated	Isolated
Jealous	Journey
Joyful	Jubilant
Kind	Last Chance
Last Moment	Left Behind
Light	Lighthearted
Limited	Lively
Lonely	Loved
Lucky	Lush
Mad	Magical
Magnificent	Master
Mellow	Melodramatic
Memorable	Miffed
Mild	Mind-blowing
Mind-expanding	Miserable
Motivated	Mysterious
Natural	Nervous
New	Nostalgic
Now	Now or Never
Offended	Only Today
Open-hearted	Opportunity
Optimistic	Overcome
Overdramatic	Overjoyed
Overwhelmed	Panicked
Paranoid	Passion
Passionate	Patient
Peaceful	Peeved
Persist	Pessimistic
Playful	Pleased
Powerful	Powerless
Progress	Promising
Push	Puzzling
Radiant	Rare
Reach	Receptive
Refreshed	Regretful
Rejected	Relaxed
Relieved	Reluctant
Resentful	Resilient
Respectful	Revolutionary
Riled	Rise
Rush	Sad
Safe	Sanguine
Satisfied	Scarcity
Scared	Secret
Secure	Sensational
Sensitive	Sentimental
Serene	Shattered
Shiny	Shocked
Showy	Shy
Sick	Sincere
Smug	Sociable
Soft	Soulful
Sparkling	Special
Spectacular	Spirited
Stagy	Strength
Stressed	Striking
Strive	Strong
Stuck	Subtle
Success	Successful
Sulking	Sunny
Supported	Supportive
Surprising	Surrounded
Suspended	Suspicious
Sweet	Sympathetic
Tender	Tenderhearted
Tense	Terrified
Thoughtful	Threatened
Thrive	Time-sensitive
Time’s Running Out	Time’s Up
Tired	Tolerant
Tranquil	Trapped
Triumph	Trusting
Unaffected	Unbelievable
Uncertain	Uncharted
Uncomfortable	Uncovered
Understanding	Undesirable
Unexpected	Unfocused
Unhappy	Unique
Unloved	Unpredictable
Unseen	Unstoppable
Untapped	Untold
Untroubled	Unusual
Unveiled	Unwanted
Unworthy	Upbeat
Uplift	Upset
Urgent	Vexed
Vibrant	Victorious
Victory	Vulnerable
Warm	Weak
Weary	Welcoming
Willpower	Wishful
Wonder	Wonderous
Worried	Worthless
Wounded	Wretched

What are Emotional Words?

Emotional words are more than adjectives used to describe emotions or moods, they also include words that invoke emotions. For example, simple words such as new, popular or trendy that can invoke a fear of missing out or curiosity in your audience.

Definition of Emotional Words

Words and phrases that describe or invoke emotions.

Emotional words are critical to influencing and persuasion because emotions drive human behavior and thinking in profound ways. There are other ways to influence, such as a logical argument but these may also be related to emotions as logic feels safe and a need for safety, security and stability are basic drivers of emotions.

It could be argued that all human behavior is largely emotional. For example, people who will only act based on scientific evidence or data are arguably satisfying emotional needs to avoid uncertainty.

Emotional words aren't just a marketing thing and have implications for all communication. For example, they are particularly important for building relationships, expressing your personality and connecting with others.

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