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effusive

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unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
pouring out; overflowing.

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ebullient

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overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
bubbling up like a boiling liquid.

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elated

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very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits: an elated winner of a contest.

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empathetic

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of, pertaining to, or characterized by empathy: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.

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encouraging

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to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence: His coach encouraged him throughout the marathon race to keep on running.

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enraged

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to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate: His supercilious attitude enraged me.

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euphoric

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intensely happy or confident: She was euphoric when she received the Oscar.

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excited

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stirred emotionally; agitated: An excited crowd awaited the arrival of the famed rock group.

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expectant

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the act or state of looking forward or anticipating.

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fatalistic

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the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.

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fearful

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causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition

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fervent

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having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
hot; burning; glowing.

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foreboding

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a prediction; portent.

a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.

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frantic

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desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
Archaic. insane; mad.

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frightened

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thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
afraid; fearful (usually followed by of ): He has always been frightened of heights.

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frustrated

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disappointed; thwarted: an announcer who was a frustrated actor.
having a feeling of or filled with frustration; dissatisfied: His unresolved difficulty left him absolutely frustrated.

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furious

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full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
intensely violent, as wind or storms.

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gleeful

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full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.

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gloomy

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dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
causing gloom; dismal or depressing: a gloomy prospect.
filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.

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grave

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an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher: a watery grave.
any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past: the grave of unfulfilled ambitions.

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greedy

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excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
having a strong or great desire for food or drink.

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grim

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stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke.

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gushy

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given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.

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happy

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delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.