Negative feelings

Question 1

Abashed

Answer 1

Embarrassed

He said nothing but looked abashed.

Question 2

Abhor

Answer 2

I abhor this type of insulting behavior. People who seek peace abhor violence. If you abhor racism, you can make a difference by fighting it. I abhor the smell of burnt popcorn.

Question 3

Abominable

Answer 3

very bad or unpleasant:
The prisoners are forced to live in abominable conditions.
Dutch weather is known to be abominable all week
The weather’s been abominable all week.

Question 4

Acrimonious

Answer 4

full of anger, arguments, and bad feeling:
an acrimonious dispute
Their marriage ended five years ago in an acrimonious divorce.

Acrimony:
The acrimony of the dispute has shocked a lot of people. The decision was reached without acrimony or controversy.

Question 5

Apopletic

Answer 5

incredibly angry

The victim’s family was apoplectic when the case against their son’s killer was dismissed.

Question 6

Bereft of something

Answer 6

not having something or feeling great loss:

Bereft of hope,

Question 7

Beserk

Answer 7

very angry or out of control:

My mother will go berserk (= be extremely angry) when she finds out I’ve ruined her favourite dress.

Question 8

Eco-anxiety

Answer 8

Anxious about the development of the environment

Question 9

Dumbfounded

Answer 9

so shocked that you cannot speak:

He was dumbfounded by the allegations.

Question 10

Boil over

Answer 10

Become very angry.
If a difficult situation or negative emotion boils over, it cannot be controlled any more and people start to argue or fight.

Question 11

Crestfallen (deflated

Answer 11

disappointed and sad because of having failed unexpectedly:

He looked crestfallen at their decision.

Question 12

To incense somebody

Answer 12

to cause someone to be extremely angry:
The editor said a lot of readers would be incensed by my article on class.
I was so incensed by what he was saying I had to walk out.

Question 13

Mournful

Answer 13

very sad:
a mournful expression
mournful music

Question 14

fuming

Answer 14

to be very angry, sometimes without expressing it:
I saw her a week after they’d had the argument and she was still fuming.
The whole episode left me fuming at the injustice of it all.

Question 15

Hacked off

Answer 15

unhappy, tired, or annoyed, especially because of the situation you are in:
She’s getting a bit hacked off with all the travelling she has to do.

Question 16

Delirious

Answer 16

unable to think or speak clearly because of fever or mental confusion:
She had a high temperature and was delirious

Question 17

Behaving fretful

Answer 17

behaving in a way that shows you are unhappy, worried, or uncomfortable:
By midnight the children were tired and fretful (= complaining a lot because they were unhappy).