Dark Emotions" means? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
In some circles, "dark emotions" refers to emotions like grief, fear, despair. For example, a book by Miriam Greenspan is called Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair. Some people include other negative (or not-positive) emotions such as anger, jealousy, apathy in the list of "dark emotions".
Is there an equivalent of "reverie" where one is lost in unpleasant ...
2014年7月30日 · One may be lost in reverie or lost in a dark study. Note that reverie is a mass noun, while the phrase a dark study is an indefinite count nounand requires an indefinite article. Even though study can often be used as a mass noun, even with lost : …
Word for feeling conflicting emotions simultaneously
2011年11月24日 · 'Turmoil' might be result of the torn emotions, but is not specific to emotions or even the result of a choice. It simply means greatly disturbed (for whatever reason) eg. 'the city was in turmoil after the breakdown of government'.
Word for something sad and funny at the same time
Since you're looking for a word describing one's state of mind and mood, and also conflicting emotions, perhaps, the word broody would help, as its first meaning is moody, meditative, introspective: broody, adjective broodier, broodiest. moody; meditative; introspective (of poultry) wishing to sit on or hatch eggs
What's a good word to describe someone who is prone to sudden …
2023年3月13日 · The word you want really is: "temperamental". My Webster's defines this term as: "marked by excessive sensitivity and impulsive changes of mood".
A word for happy music with sad lyrics
2017年6月14日 · To a large extent, it depends on what you mean by happy and sad.. Both grunge music and punk (e.g. Pearl Jam and the Clash, respectively) have rhythms that are energetic, peppy, and excellent to dance to; however, the content of the lyrics tend to deal with death, love lost, promises broken, and of course (the cover of) "I Fought the Law [and the Law Won]."
Noun describing one who "acts on emotion primally"?
I’m looking for a noun to describe someone who “acts on emotion primally”, or something similar. To clarify, I’m trying to make a point about how the fanaticism of tech-fetishes (iPhone fanboyism ...
Hard on the outside but soft on the inside (personality attribute)?
2014年10月21日 · From The Conversationist, Introvert or extrovert, normal or abnormal: the problem with personality types, by Nick Haslam (Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne), July 30, 2014:
Origin of the idiom "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts"?
From The Phrase Finder: "If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, wouldn't it be a Merry Christmas?" seems to be attributed to Don Meredith (the American football player/ commentator).
What is the origin of the phrase “it warms the cockles of my heart”?
2018年1月13日 · cockles of one's heart; [perhaps for Latin cochlea, winding cavity] the deepest part of one's heart, or emotions. Source: Webster's New 20th Century Dictionary, unabridged, 2nd ed. That makes sense to me, although it is quite different from my first impression, which was: Cockles are shells which when cooked (warmed), open up.