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Emotion Thesaurus (Samples)

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The entries below are a sampling of what you’ll find in The Emotion Thesaurus: a Writer’s Guide to Character Expression, now an expanded 2nd edition consisting of 130 emotions.

This popular book has been translated into multiple languages and sold half a million copies.

You can also find the Emotion Thesaurus at One Stop For Writers, our powerful library of resources and tools that you must see to believe.

Happy writing!

What is an Emotion Thesaurus?
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The Mother Lode of Emotion Thesaurus Help

Visit our other Descriptive Thesaurus Collections HERE.

To find out more about The Emotion Thesaurus or its companion guide, The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Stress and Volatility, go HERE.

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  2. Larry says

    I’m also trying to find rejection. Grief must be in the second edition, which i have on order but haven’t received yet.

    • BECCA PUGLISI says

      Hi, Larry. This is a great question. I would say that heartbreak is a form of anguish (emotional or mental distress; acute suffering); it’s just coming from a specific cause and regarding a specific situation. You might also check out grief, since that is associated with loss. So you should be able to find some applicable information in those entries.

    • BECCA PUGLISI says

      Hi, Maria. The Emotion Thesaurus has been translated into Korean, Japanese, Romanian, and both simple and complex Chinese. Copies in those languages are available from the individual publishers. If you’re interested in one in particular, I can put you in contact with them. For information on where you can buy this book in English, please see our Bookstore page.

      • Maria says

        Thanks for the information! I was looking for a spanish version but i see it does not exist, maybe one day 🙂

  5. Leah says

    Love these books so much and hold much hope there are plans for more. They sit on my desk right next to my desktop. I had them spiral bound and i tabbed them to make searching even easier. LOVE THIS SERIES!

  6. An Hannas says

    Hello 🙂
    Could someone please tell me which languages this book was translated into? It says available in 5 languages and I have searched for more information but cannot find any.
    Thanks in advance.

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      This particular volume has a translation in Japanese, Romanian, Korean, and two in Chinese (Simple & Traditional, both of these in final stages of publishing). Let me know if you would like any links!

  7. Bill K says

    Hi. Love your work but have a question.

    I’ve already bought and downloaded The Emotion Thesaurus (which is great).
    Is there anyway to download the Addendums?

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      Many of the addendum are what Becca and I call “Amplified States” because they are associated with emotions, but aren’t emotions. And yes, we put them in a booklet called “Emotion Amplifiers” which you can find anywhere ebooks are sold, on our Bookstore Page, and on the Tools For Writers page. And, because we love you guys, it’s free to download. 🙂

  11. The Imaginatrix says

    I tried entering on the “Sarcasm” entry twice, and was redirected to “Exhaustion” instead. I also cannot find the free download referenced in the “Exhaustion” entry. I don’t know whether or not you have to be a member of this site to download it or not. I hope you have some answers for me.

    • BECCA PUGLISI says

      Hi there. Sorry for the trouble. We’re still finding little bugs here and there from when we transferred everything from The Bookshelf Muse to our new Writers Helping Writers site. Thanks for letting us know! The Sarcasm link now goes to the correct entry, and I’ve changed the information on the Addendums so people can get to the Emotion Amplifier PDF. Here’s the link, in case you’d like to go there directly. Have a great day!

      • Ditika says

        Hello!
        (Was that an overly exited way of greeting? Did I, by any chance, freak you out with my excessively jovial nature? I apologize.)

        I wanted to say, first of, that this is a wonderful site. Thank you for giving it to us. We can’t be thankful enough. And by we, I mean, any and everybody whose ever stumbled upon your amazing website. I’ve taken liberty to talk for everyone, by the way.

        Second of, the main reason why I decided to break my shell and my usual internet behavior (of hanging around the bleachers hiding in the confines my Hoodie [read:staying in the background] and silently judging everybody) is to tell you that the Sarcasm page redirects me to the WordPress loging page. I do not have WordPress. Neither do I have a Tumblr. I’m a Blogger girl. And that was completely random. I apologize, again.

        Is this supposed to happen? Redirecting to the WordPress page, I mean. I really don’t think that’s supposed to happen, so yeah. I’d be grateful if you’d check. Thank you in advance.

        End rant.

        ~D

        • BECCA PUGLISI says

          Hi, Ditika! I’m so glad that you emerged from your shell to tell us about the broken link ;). They crop up here and there, and Angela and I don’t know about them until someone points them out. So thank you! It should be fixed now.

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