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Word List: Positive emotions and feelings - list 2
- proud [pɹaʊd]
(adjective) - Definition:
- happy that someone reached a goal, usually used with a sense of honour
- having a too high opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious
- Example:
- He was proud of his son winning the championship.
- pride [praɪd]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- the quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others
- Example:
- He wears his ribbons with pride.
- smile [smaɪl]
(verb) - Definition:
- to make a small happy facial expression using one's mouth (without sound)
- Example:
- When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.
- grin [gɹɪn]
(verb) - Definition:
- to smile parting the lips so as to show the teeth
- Example:
- When she saw him grinning, she instantly knew he had passed his exam.
- laugh [lɑːf]
(verb) - Definition:
- to show satisfaction, or happiness, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat
- Example:
- He always tells jokes to make people laugh.
- Antonym(s):cry
- happy [ˈhæpi]
(adjective) - Definition:
- experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort
- Example:
- After her first week, the woman was very happy with her new job.
- Antonym(s):sad, unhappy
- excited [ɛksaɪtɛd]
(adjective) - Definition:
- having great enthusiasm; being in a state of higher energy
- Example:
- He was very excited about his promotion.
- Synonym(s):enthusiastic
- admire [ədˈmaɪə]
(verb) - Definition:
- to regard with wonder and delight; to estimate or prize highly, to admire a person of high moral worth
- Example:
- He admired her for her great intellect.
- satisfied [ˈsætɪsfaɪd]
(adjective) - Definition:
- being in a state of satisfaction; being happy with life or with what happened; not wanting to change anything
- Example:
- I'm satisfied with what you have done for your homework, so you can watch television now.
- Synonym(s):content, happy, pleased
- delighted [dəˈlaɪtɪd]
(adjective) - Definition:
- greatly pleased; filled with wonder and delight
- Example:
- The little girl was delighted when she saw her birthday cake.
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/people/emotions-and-feelings/positive-emotions-and-feelings/list-2/
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