Feeling words when needs are met Flashcards
absorbed
- To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
- To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
- To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- To take in energy and convert it, as
For Example: Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass. - To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
- To occupy or consume time.
- Assimilate mentally.
- To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- To defray the costs.
- To accept or purchase in quantity.
- Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
- Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.
adventurous
- (of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.
- (of an act or product) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash.
affectionate
- (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
For Example: She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother. - (of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
For Example: the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language - Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
alert
- An alarm.
- A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
- A state of readiness for potential combat.
For Example: an airborne alert; ground alert - Attentive; awake; on guard.
- Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
alive
- Having life; living; not dead
For Example: As long as the plant is alive, he will continue to water it. - In a state of action; in force or operation; existent
For Example: to keep the affections alive - Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.
For Example: Although quite dull during the day, the main street comes alive at night, with many bars and clubs opening. - Sprightly; lively; brisk.
- Susceptible; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy
- (as an intensifier) out of all living creatures.
- (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
For Example: The post office will not ship live animals. - Being in existence; actual
For Example: He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking. - Having active properties; being energized.
- Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- Taken from a living animal.
For Example: live feathers - Imparting power; having motion.
For Example: a live, or driving, axle - Still in active play.
For Example: a live ball - Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
For Example: The station presented a live news program every evening. - (of a performance or speech) In person.
For Example: This nightclub has a live band on weekends. - (entertainment, performing) Recorded in front of an audience and not having been edited after recording.
For Example: a live album - Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
For Example: The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island. - (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
For Example: Use caution when working near live wires. - Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
For Example: Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise. - Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
- Being in a state of ignition; burning.
For Example: a live coal; live embers - Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
For Example: a live man, or orator - Vivid; bright.
amazed
- To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.
For Example: He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot. - To undergo amazement; to be astounded.
- To stupefy; to knock unconscious.
- To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
- To terrify, to fill with panic.
- Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised. The following adposition may be: at, with or by.
amused
- To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
For Example: I watch these movies because they amuse me. - To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
For Example: His jokes rarely fail to amuse. - To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
- To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
- Pleasurably entertained.
For Example: The children chased one another in a circle in front of their amused parents. - Displaying amusement.
- (usually with a complement) Enjoying humor aspects (of something).
For Example: He was amused to note the disarray of his opponents.
animated
- To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
For Example: If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action. - To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
- Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
For Example: an animated discussion - Endowed with life.
- Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move thought the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
For Example: an animated film
appreciative
- Showing appreciation or gratitude.
- Capable of showing appreciation.
ardent
- Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
- Burning; glowing; shining.
aroused
- To stimulate feelings.
For Example: The new building proposals in the village are arousing unneeded discomfort. - To sexually stimulate.
For Example: I can't keep my eyes off the dancer; she arouses me greatly. - To wake from sleep or stupor.
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astonished
- To surprise greatly.
- Amazed; surprised.
blissful
- Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
- Blessed; glorified.
breathless
- Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
- That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
- Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
- Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
- Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language.
buoyant
- Having buoyancy; able to float.
- Lighthearted and lively.
For Example: I’m in a buoyant mood.
calm
- (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
- (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
- A period of time without wind.
- To make calm.
For Example: to calm a crying baby - To become calm.
- (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
- (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- Without wind or storm.
carefree
- Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty.
For Example: He left his cell phone behind and enjoyed a carefree summer day at the beach.
cheerful
- Noticeably happy and optimistic.
- Bright and pleasant.
For Example: They enjoyed a cheerful room.
comfortable
- A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
- Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
For Example: This is the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in. - In a state of comfort and content.
For Example: What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here. - Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.
- Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
For Example: A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich. - Strong; vigorous; valiant.
- Serviceable; helpful.
complacent
- Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
- Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
composed
- To make something by merging parts.
For Example: The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters. - To make up the whole; to constitute.
For Example: A church is composed of its members. - To comprise.
- To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
For Example: It's difficult to compose without absolute silence. - (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
For Example: The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt. - To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
- Showing composure.
concerned
- To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
- To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
For Example: A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. - To make somebody worried.
For Example: I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic. - Showing concern.
For Example: There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news. - Involved or responsible.
For Example: The people concerned have been punished.
cool
- A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
For Example: in the cool of the morning - A calm temperament.
- The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
For Example: Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia. - Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
For Example: If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors. - Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
For Example: His proposals had a cool reception. - Calmly audacious.
For Example: In control as always, he came up with a cool plan. - Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
For Example: Is it cool if I sleep here tonight? - Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
For Example: I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me. - Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
curious
- Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
For Example: Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it. - Caused by curiosity.
- Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
For Example: The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird. - Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
- Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
dazzled
- To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.
For Example: Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street. - To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
For Example: The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments. - To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
- Experiencing dazzlement; overcome by light or brilliance.
- Painted in dazzle camouflage.
For Example: a dazzled ship
delighted
- To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
For Example: A beautiful landscape delights the eye. - To have or take great pleasure.
- Greatly pleased.
- Filled with wonder and delight.
eager
- Sharp; sour; acid.
- Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
- Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
For Example: I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays. - Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
- Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
For Example: an eager algorithm
ebullient
- Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
- (of a liquid) Boiling or agitated as if boiling.
ecstatic
- (in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
- A person in a state of ecstasy.
- Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
- Extremely happy.
- Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.
For Example: ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance
effervescent
- (of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
- Vivacious and enthusiastic.
elated
- To make joyful or proud.
- To lift up; raise; elevate.
- Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.
For Example: She was elated with her new car.
enchanted
- To attract and delight, to charm.
- To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).
- To magically enhance or degrade an item.
- Charmed, delighted, enraptured.
- Under the influence of enchantment.
- A greeting used when introduced to someone for the first time, especially by a man when introduced to a woman.
encouraged
- To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
For Example: I encouraged him during his race. - To spur on, strongly recommend.
For Example: We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre. - To foster, give help or patronage
For Example: The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed
energetic
- Possessing or pertaining to energy.
For Example: Cosmic rays are energetic particles from outer space. - Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous.
For Example: Those kids are so energetic: they want to run around playing all day. - Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent.
engrossed
- To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
- To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
- To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
- To completely engage the attention of.
For Example: She seems to be completely engrossed in that book. - To thicken; to condense.
- To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
- To amass.
- Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.
- (of a document) Finalized, written in large letters.
enlivened
- To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
- To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
For Example: The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.
enthusiastic
- With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
For Example: an enthusiastic lover of art
excited
- To stir the emotions of.
For Example: The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present. - To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
For Example: Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored. - To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
For Example: By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal. - To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
For Example: to excite a dynamo - Having great enthusiasm.
For Example: He was very excited about his promotion. - Being in a state of higher energy.
For Example: The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state. - Having an erection; erect.
- Sexually aroused.
exhilarated
- To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy.
For Example: Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker. - To excite, to thrill.
expansive
- Comprehensive in scope or extent.
For Example: an expansive research work - Talkative and sociable.
- Able to be expanded.
- Exhibiting expansivity.
expectant
- A person who expects or awaits something.
- Marked by expectation.
For Example: the expectant hush before the performance - Pregnant.
For Example: an expectant mother - Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
exultant
- Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.
fascinated
- To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
For Example: The flickering TV fascinated the cat. - To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind.
For Example: We were fascinated by the potter's skill. - To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.
For Example: Her gait fascinates all men.
free
- Free transfer
- The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- To make free; set at liberty; release.
- To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
- (social) Unconstrained.
For Example: He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted. - Obtainable without any payment.
For Example: It's free real estate. - (abstract) Unconstrained.
- (physical) Unconstrained.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
For Example: We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat. I would like to live free from care in the mountains. - Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
For Example: a free horse - Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
- Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
For Example: free service; free socage - Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
For Example: a free fishery; a free warren - Without needing to pay.
For Example: I got this bike free. - Freely; willingly.
- (other ballgames) a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.
- The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
friendly
- A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.
For Example: This match is merely a friendly, so don't worry too much about it. - A person or entity on the same side in a conflict.
- Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
For Example: Your cat seems very friendly. - Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
For Example: He gave a friendly smile. - Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
For Example: a dog-friendly café - Without any hostility.
For Example: a friendly competition - Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
For Example: a friendly breeze or gale - Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports
For Example: The soldier was killed by friendly fire. - Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.
For Example: friendly - (in compounds) Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).
For Example: Organic farms only use soil-friendly fertilisers.
glad
- To make glad
- Pleased, happy, gratified.
For Example: I'm glad the rain has finally stopped. - Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
gleeful
- Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
glorious
- Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.
For Example: glorious deeds - Excellent, wonderful
- Bright or shining;
- Eager for glory or distinction
- Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.
glowing
- To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.
For Example: The fire was still glowing after ten hours. - To radiate some emotional quality like light.
For Example: The zealots glowed with religious fervor. - To gaze especially passionately at something.
- To radiate thermal heat.
For Example: After their workout, the gymnasts' faces were glowing red. - To shine brightly and steadily.
For Example: The new baby's room glows with bright, loving colors. - To make hot; to flush.
- To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
- The action of the verb glow.
- That glows or glow.
For Example: glowing embers - Full of praise.
For Example: He received glowing references from his previous employers.
good-humored
- Happy, cheerful, amiable.
grateful
- Appreciative; thankful.
For Example: I'm grateful that you helped me out. - Pleasing, welcome.
happy
- A happy event, thing, person, etc.
- Preceded by the: happy people as a group.
- Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
- Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
- Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
For Example: Music makes me feel happy. - Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
- Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
For Example: Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week? - (Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
For Example: a happy coincidence - (in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
For Example: slaphappy, trigger-happy - (of people, often followed by “at” or “in”) Dexterous, ready, skilful.
helpful
- Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
hopeful
- Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
For Example: Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week. - Feeling hope
For Example: I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease. - Inspiring hope
intense
- Strained; tightly drawn.
- Strict, very close or earnest.
For Example: intense study; intense thought - Extreme in degree; excessive.
- Extreme in size or strength.
- Stressful and tiring.
- Very severe.
- Very emotional or passionate.
For Example: The artist was a small, intense man with piercing blue eyes.
interested
- To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
For Example: Action films don't really interest me. - To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
- To cause or permit to share.
- Having or showing interest.
For Example: I'm very interested in going to see that play. - Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
- Owning a share of a company.
intrigued
- To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
invigorated
- To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
For Example: Exercise is invigorating. - To heighten or intensify.
- To give life or energy to.
For Example: The cold water invigorated him. - To make lively.
involved
- To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
- To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide.
For Example: to involve in darkness or obscurity - To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
- To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
- To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
- To envelop, enfold, entangle.
For Example: He's involved in the crime. - To engage (someone) to participate in a task.
For Example: By getting involved in her local community, Mary met lots of people and also helped make it a nicer place to live. - To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times.
For Example: a quantity involved to the third or fourth power - Complicated.
For Example: He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895. - Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
For Example: He got involved in a bar fight. - Having an affair with someone.
joyous
- Full of joy; happy.
joyful
- Feeling or causing joy.
jubilant
- In a state of elation.
loving
- (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
For Example: I love my spouse. I love you! - To need, thrive on.
For Example: Mold loves moist, dark places. - To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
For Example: I love walking barefoot on wet grass; I'd love to join the team; I love what you've done with your hair - (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
- To derive delight from a fact or situation.
For Example: I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte. - To have sex with (perhaps from make love).
For Example: I wish I could love her all night long. - To praise; commend.
- To praise as of value; prize; set a price on.
- The action of the verb to love.
- Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.
For Example: his loving wife
mellow
- A relaxed mood.
- To make mellow; to relax or soften.
For Example: The fervour of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age. - To become mellow.
- Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
For Example: a mellow apple - Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid.
For Example: a mellow soil - Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued, soft, rich, delicate; said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
- Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
- Relaxed; calm; easygoing; laid-back.
- Warmed by liquor, slightly intoxicated, stoned, or high.
merry
- Jolly and full of high spirits.
For Example: We had a very merry Christmas. - Festive and full of fun and laughter.
For Example: Everyone was merry at the party. - Brisk
For Example: The play moved along at a merry pace. - Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
For Example: a merry jest - Drunk; tipsy
For Example: Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.
mirthful
- Filled with mirth.
moved
- To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
For Example: A ship moves rapidly. - To act; to take action; to begin to act
For Example: Come on guys, let's move: there's work to do! - To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
For Example: I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life. - (and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
For Example: My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine. - To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
For Example: The horse moves a carriage. - To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game
For Example: She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board. - To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
For Example: This song moves me to dance. - To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
For Example: That book really moved me. - To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
For Example: I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform. - To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
- To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
- To apply to, as for aid.
- To request an action from the court.
For Example: An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order. - To bow or salute upon meeting.
- To sell, to market (especially, but not exclusively, illegal products)
- Emotionally affected; touched.
For Example: What happened to that girl in the film was so awful - I was extremely moved.
optimistic
- Expecting the best in all possible ways.
For Example: in an optimistic mood - Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.
For Example: optimistic concurrency
overjoyed
- To give great joy, delight or pleasure to
- Very happy.
overwhelmed
- To engulf, surge over and submerge.
For Example: The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave. - To overpower, crush.
For Example: In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force. - To overpower emotionally.
For Example: He was overwhelmed with guilt. - To cause to surround, to cover.
peaceful
- Not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil.
For Example: peaceful protest - Inclined to peace.
- Motionless and calm.
perky
- Lively or enthusiastic.
For Example: She answered with a perky smile and bounced off. - Standing upright; firm.
For Example: The plant looks much perkier since I watered it.
pleasant
- A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.
- Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
For Example: It wasn't so hot outside, but pleasant enough to have lunch in the garden. - Facetious, joking.
pleased
- To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
For Example: Her presentation pleased the executives. - To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
For Example: Just do as you please. - Happy, content
proud
- Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
For Example: I am proud of Sivu’s schoolwork. - Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
For Example: I was too proud to apologise. - Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
- Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
For Example: It was a proud day when we finally won the championship. - (Of things) standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
- Standing out or raised; swollen.
For Example: After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh. - Brave, valiant; gallant.
- Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.
quiet
- The absence of sound; quietness.
For Example: There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza. - The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility
- To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
For Example: When you quiet, we can start talking. - To cause someone to become quiet.
For Example: Can you quiet your child? He's making lots of noise. - With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
For Example: I can't hear the music; it is too quiet. - Having little motion or activity; calm.
For Example: a quiet night at home - Not busy, of low quantity.
For Example: Business was quiet for the season. - Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
For Example: He's a very quiet man usually, but is very chatty after a few beers. - Not showy; undemonstrative.
For Example: a quiet dress - Requiring little or no interaction.
For Example: a quiet install - Be quiet.
For Example: Quiet! The children are sleeping.
radiant
- A point source from which radiation is emitted.
- The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
- A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
- Radiating light and/or heat.
For Example: the radiant sun - Emitted as radiation.
- Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
For Example: a radiant face - Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
- Giving off rays; said of a bearing.
For Example: the sun radiant; a crown radiant - Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
rapturous
- Full of rapture.
For Example: the rapturous emotions on the pulpit
refreshed
- To renew or revitalize.
For Example: Sleep refreshes the body and the mind. - To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
- To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
- To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
- To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
- To take refreshment; to eat or drink.
relaxed
- To calm down.
- To make something loose.
For Example: to relax a rope or cord - To become loose.
- To make something less severe or tense.
For Example: to relax discipline - To become less severe or tense.
- To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- To relieve (something) from stress.
For Example: Amusement relaxes the mind. - To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
For Example: An aperient relaxes the bowels. - Having an easy-going mood or temperament.
For Example: He's a relaxed kind of guy, he never lets himself get upset. - Eased or loosened.
For Example: The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit. - Free from tension or anxiety; at ease.
relieved
- To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
For Example: I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict. - To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
- To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
- To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
- To lift up; to raise again.
- To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
- To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
For Example: This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations. - To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
- To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
- (job) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
- To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
- To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.
- Experiencing or exhibiting relief; freed from stress or discomfort.
For Example: She was extremely relieved when the lesson finished.
secure
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
For Example: to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage - To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
For Example: to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship - To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
For Example: to secure an estate - To plight or pledge.
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
For Example: secure of a welcome - Overconfident; incautious; careless.
sensitive
- A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
- Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
- Responsive to stimuli.
- (of a person) Easily offended, upset or hurt.
For Example: Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news. - (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
For Example: Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates. - Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
For Example: These are highly sensitive documents. - (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
- Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.
serene
- Serenity; clearness; calmness.
- Evening air; night chill.
- To make serene.
- Peaceful, calm, unruffled.
For Example: She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality. - Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
- Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
- Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.
For Example: Her Serene Highness
spellbound
- Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell.
For Example: The story left the children spellbound.
splendid
- Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright.
For Example: a splendid sun - Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous.
For Example: a splendid pageant - Brilliant, excellent, of a very high standard.
stimulated
- To encourage into action.
- To arouse an organism to functional activity.
- In a condition or state of stimulation.
thankful
- Showing appreciation or gratitude.
For Example: I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you? - Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
thrilled
- To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
- To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.
- Extremely excited or delighted.
For Example: Ben was thrilled to lead the game.
touched
- Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
For Example: I was touched that he should remember my birthday. - Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
tranquil
- Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
- Calm; without motion or sound.
trusting
- To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.
For Example: We cannot trust anyone who deceives us. - To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
For Example: I trust you have cleaned your room? - To show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
For Example: Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods. - (followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
For Example: Having lost the book, he had to trust to his memory for further details. - To risk; to venture confidently.
- To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
- To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
- Inclined to believe what others say; trustful
upbeat
- An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.
For Example: The conductor said: I give you three beats for nothing and then you come in on the upbeat. - Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
For Example: The notes are easy, but it's an upbeat tune and should be played fairly quickly. - Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.
For Example: He sounded upbeat when I talked to him.
warm
- Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.
For Example: The tea is still warm. - Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.
For Example: We have a warm friendship. - Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.
- Close, often used in the context of a game in which “warm” and “cold” are used to indicate nearness to the goal.
- Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
- Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness
For Example: a warm piano sound - Ardent, zealous.
For Example: a warm debate, with strong words exchanged - Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich.
- Requiring arduous effort.
wide-awake
- Completely or fully awake
- Alert, vigilant or watchful
- A bird, the sooty tern.
- A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.
wonderful
- Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
- Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
For Example: They served a wonderful six-course meal. - Exceedingly, to a great extent.
confident
- A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
- Very sure of something; positive.
For Example: I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally. - Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
- (in negative sense) Forward, impudent.
contented
- To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
For Example: You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have. - To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite
- Satisfied.
surprised
- To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
For Example: It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did. - To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
For Example: He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him. - To undergo or witness something unexpected.
For Example: He doesn’t surprise easily. - To cause surprise.
- To attack unexpectedly.
- To take unawares.
- Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
inspired
- To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
- To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
For Example: Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue. - To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
- To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
- To spread rumour indirectly.
- Having excellence through inspiration.
For Example: The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded. - Filled with inspiration or motivated.
For Example: He was inspired to learn to fly.
zestful
- Having a spirited love of life; ebullient.
- Eager, enthusiastic.
tender
- Care, kind concern, regard.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
For Example: tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit - Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
For Example: Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children. - Young and inexperienced.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
For Example: tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain - Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
For Example: a tender subject - Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
- Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.