Basic emotions

Describe the photographs and name the emotion you see in each photograph.

happiness / happy

fear / afraid

anger / angry

contempt / contemptously

sadness / sad

Galerija. Slika 1. Veseli mladić u bijeloj majici. Ispružio je ruku i pokazuje palac gore. Slika 2. Djevojka uplašenog izraza lica.U poluležećem je položaju i zagrlila je jastuk. Slika 3. Lice mladića blago spuštene glave. Jedno okom u prekrivaju šiške pa izraz lica djeluje prijeteći. Slika 4. Djevojka koja pokazuje palac dolje. Slika 5. Djevojčica koja sjedi savijenih koljena na koje je stavila ruku kojom pridržava glavu. Druga ruka joj je preko koljena. Zagledana je u daljinu i ima ozbiljan izraz lica.

People use words to describe how they feel. However, emotions can be additionally emphasised using idioms for describing emotions.

Idioms for describing emotions

Our feelings are often complex and we want to emphasise those emotions when descibing them to others. In such cases idioms for describing emotions can serve as a perfect tool. If you do the exercise below correctly, you will be able to discover some of the idioms for describing emotions in the English language.

Think of a situation (for example, a dialogue or a conversation) in which you can act out the emotion you get by using the adequate idiom.

Quiz

Check how many of the idioms for describing emotions you know.

Think of examples/sentences for each of the idioms for describing emotions and write them down. Use events in your own life as inspiration for those sentences.