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Ed & - Ing Adjectives

This document lists emotion adjectives and provides examples of situations that could elicit those emotions. It categorizes adjectives describing how one feels and adjectives that could describe the situation or cause of those feelings. The adjectives are organized by positive and negative emotions ranging from happy, interested, and amused to scared, disgusted, and devastated. Contextual examples are provided to illustrate uses of the adjectives.

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Ed & - Ing Adjectives

This document lists emotion adjectives and provides examples of situations that could elicit those emotions. It categorizes adjectives describing how one feels and adjectives that could describe the situation or cause of those feelings. The adjectives are organized by positive and negative emotions ranging from happy, interested, and amused to scared, disgusted, and devastated. Contextual examples are provided to illustrate uses of the adjectives.

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-ed & -ing Emotion Adjectives

The situation: I feel, I am... This is, It is...


I spilled water on my pants. embarrassed embarrassing
My pants fell down in front of the class. humiliated humiliating
I want to learn about this new computer. interested interesting
This is a new and wonderful computer! fascinated fascinating
This TV show isn't saying anything informative or new. bored boring
He's been talking about statistical formulas for hours!! bored to death deadly boring
I've been working all day.
I've been running for three miles! tired tiring
exhausted exhausting
This unfriendly dog has big teeth!
afraid fearsome
The hurricane is going to hit our city!! scared scary
This man-eating shark has enormous teeth!!! frightened frightening
terrified terrifying
This fly keeps buzzing around my head.
I lost my favorite hat!
My daughter didn't clean her room!! annoyed annoying
The dog did its mess on the carpet!!! upset upsetting
angry, mad maddening
I can't understand the instructions. furious infuriating
I don't know why my wife is mad at me.
confused confusing
I can't pass the test after trying two times. perplexed perplexing
I can't pass the test after trying six times!
The teacher said that my English was getting better. frustrated frustrating
I'm listening to Martin Luther King's famous speech! discouraged discouraging
He's picking his nose in public! encouraged encouraging
The homeless man is doing number two on the street!! inspired inspiring
Women were tortured, raped and killed during the war!!!
disgusted disgusting
He told a good joke that made me laugh. repulsed repulsive
This show made me laugh until my sides hurt! horrified horrifying
The show was fun to watch.
amused amusing, funny
She was pregnant and had twins (two babies). in hysterics hysterical, hilarious
She was pregnant and had quintuplets (five)! entertained entertaining
She won $25 million in the lottery!!
He shot and killed his wife after they had an argument!!! surprised surprising
amazed amazing
His argument was strong. He gave good reasons. astonished astonishing
His argument was weak. He didn't prove his point. astounded astounding
This was a good meal. shocked shocking
I didn't win the baseball game.
convinced convincing
My favorite goldfish died last night! unconvinced unconvincing
My dog was run over by a car!! satisfied satisfying
My son died in an auto accident!!! disappointed disappointing
I got an A on my sociology test.
I'm going to ride the Coney Island roller coaster today! sad sad
I'm going to meet the president of the company!! depressed depressing
My wife is going to have a baby!!! devastated devastating
happy happy
My son isn't home yet, and it's after midnight. excited exciting
My daughter isn't eating her vegetables anymore. delighted delightful
I'm going to take my driving test today. thrilled thrilling

worried worrisome
troubled troubling
nervous, anxious, unnerving,
nerve-wracked nerve-wracking

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