Your Emotional Vocabulary List - Emotional States and Support for Suicidal Urges

Oct 1, 2026

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Your Emotional Vocabulary List organizes descriptive emotion terms into graded levels across anger, shame and guilt, fear, anxiety and panic, jealousy and envy, happiness and joy, sadness and grief, and depression. The resource also includes a focused section on depression and suicidal urges, offering practical guidance for recognizing early “soft stage” signals. It further provides advice on how to be helpful to someone threatening suicide, emphasizing direct, non-judgmental communication, active listening, support seeking, and safety steps to reduce means.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages4

Reading Time10 min

AccessFree to download

Emotional vocabulary by intensity level

Anger, apathy, and hatred

Shame and guilt

Fear, anxiety, and panic

Jealousy and envy

Happiness, contentment, and joy

Sadness, grief, and depression

Depression and suicidal urges

How to be helpful to someone threatening suicide

Your Emotional Vocabulary List ~~~~~ANGER, APATHY, and HATRED~~~~~ Soft Anger and Apathy Annoyed ~ Apathetic ~ Bored ~ Certain ~ Cold ~ Crabby ~ Cranky ~ Critical ~ Cross ~ Detached ~ Displeased ~ Frustrated ~ Impatient ~ Indifferent ~ Irritated ~ Peeved ~ Rankled Medium Anger Affronted ~ Aggravated ~ Angry ~ Antagonized ~ Arrogant ~ Bristling ~ Exasperated ~Incensed ~ Indignant ~ Inflamed ~ Mad ~ Offended ~ Resentful ~ Riled up ~ Sarcastic Intense Anger and Hatred Aggressive ~ Appalled ~ Belligerent ~ Bitter ~ Contemptuous ~ Disgusted ~ Furious ~ Hateful Hostile ~ Irate ~ Livid ~ Menacing ~ Outraged ~ Ranting ~ Raving ~ Seething ~ Spiteful ~Vengeful ~ Vicious ~ Vindictive ~ Violent ~~~~~~~~~SHAME and GUILT~~~~~~~~~~ Soft Shame and Guilt Abashed ~Awkward ~ Discomfited ~ Flushed ~ Flustered ~ Hesitant ~ Humble ~ Reticent ~Self-conscious ~ Speechless ~ Withdrawn Medium Shame and Guilt Ashamed ~ Chagrined ~ Contrite ~ Culpable ~ Embarrassed ~ Guilty ~ Humbled ~ Intimidated Penitent ~ Regretful ~ Remorseful ~ Reproachful ~ Rueful ~ Sheepish Intense Shame and Guilt Belittled ~ Degraded ~ Demeaned ~ Disgraced ~ Guilt-ridden ~ Guilt-stricken ~ Humiliated ~Mortified ~ Ostracized ~ Self-condemning ~ Self-flagellating ~ Shamefaced ~ Stigmatized ~~~~~~~FEAR, ANXIETY and PANIC~~~~~~~ Soft Fear and Anxiety Alert ~ Apprehensive ~ Cautious ~ Concerned ~ Confused ~ Curious ~ Disconcerted ~Disoriented ~ Disquieted ~ Doubtful ~ Edgy ~ Fidgety ~ Hesitant ~ Indecisive ~ Insecure ~Instinctive ~ Intuitive ~ Leery ~ Pensive ~ Shy ~ Timid ~ Uneasy ~ Watchful Medium Fear and Anxiety Afraid ~ Alarmed ~ Anxious ~ Aversive ~ Distrustful ~ Fearful ~ Jumpy ~ Nervous ~ Perturbed Rattled ~ Shaky ~ Startled ~ Suspicious ~ Unnerved ~ Unsettled ~ Wary ~ Worried Intense Fear and Panic Filled with Dread ~ Horrified ~ Panicked ~ Paralyzed ~ Petrified ~ Phobic ~ Shocked ~Terrorized ~~~~~~~~~~~JEALOUSY & ENVY~~~~~~~~~~~ Soft Jealousy & Envy Disbelieving ~ Distrustful ~ Insecure ~ Protective ~ Suspicious ~ Vulnerable Medium Jealousy & Envy Covetous ~ Demanding ~ Desirous ~ Envious ~ Jealous ~ Threatened Intense Jealousy & Envy Avaricious ~ Gluttonous ~ Grasping ~ Greedy ~ Green with Envy ~ Persistently Jealous ~Possessive ~ Resentful ~~~HAPPINESS, CONTENTMENT, and JOY~~~ Soft Happiness Amused ~ Calm ~ Encouraged ~ Friendly ~ Hopeful ~ Inspired ~ Jovial ~ Open ~ Peaceful ~Smiling Upbeat Medium Happiness and Contentment Cheerful ~ Contented ~ Delighted ~ Excited ~ Fulfilled ~ Glad ~ Gleeful ~ Gratified ~ Happy ~Healthy Self-esteem ~ Joyful ~ Lively ~ Merry ~ Optimistic ~ Playful ~ Pleased ~ Proud ~Rejuvenated ~ Satisfied Intense Happiness, Contentment, and Joy Awe-filled ~ Blissful ~ Ecstatic ~ Egocentric ~ Elated ~ Enthralled ~ Euphoric ~ Exhilarated ~Giddy ~ Jubilant ~ Manic ~ Overconfident ~ Overjoyed ~ Radiant ~ Rapturous ~ Self-aggrandized ~ Thrilled ~~~~~SADNESS, GRIEF, and DEPRESSION~~~~~ Soft Sadness Contemplative ~ Disappointed ~ Disconnected ~ Distracted ~ Grounded ~ Listless ~ Low ~Steady ~ Regretful ~ Wistful Medium Sadness, Grief, and Depression Dejected ~ Discouraged ~ Dispirited ~ Down ~ Downtrodden ~ Drained ~ Forlorn ~ Gloomy ~Grieving ~ Heavy-hearted ~ Melancholy ~ Mournful ~ Sad ~ Sorrowful ~ Weepy ~ Worldweary Intense Sadness, Grief, and Depression Anguished ~ Bereaved ~ Bleak ~ Depressed ~ Despairing ~ Despondent ~ Grief-stricken ~Heartbroken ~ Hopeless ~ Inconsolable ~ Morose ~~~~~DEPRESSION and SUICIDAL URGES~~~~~ Soft Depression and Suicidal Urges Apathetic ~ Constantly Irritated, Angry, or Enraged (see the Anger list above) ~ Depressed ~Discouraged ~ Disinterested ~ Dispirited ~ Feeling Worthless ~ Flat ~ Helpless ~ Humorless ~Impulsive ~ Indifferent ~ Isolated ~ Lethargic ~ Listless ~ Melancholy ~ Pessimistic ~Purposeless ~ Withdrawn ~ World-weary Medium Depression and Suicidal Urges Bereft ~ Crushed ~ Desolate ~ Despairing ~ Desperate ~ Drained ~

FAQs

How is the emotional vocabulary organized in this list?

Emotions are grouped by type and further divided into intensity levels such as soft, medium, and intense.

What does the section on depression and suicidal urges include?

It lists depression-related terms across soft, medium, and intense levels and includes guidance about reaching out when suicidal thoughts appear.

How can you help someone who is threatening suicide?

Use direct, open, matter-of-fact talk; listen non-judgmentally; avoid debate or lectures; seek support; and take action to remove possible means while getting help from crisis specialists.

Oct 1, 2026

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