Talking about a person’s feelings being hurt: “When she said she couldn’t go with him, he was quite ________.” [Early QRs: Words meaning ‘offended’: “When she said she wouldn’t go with him, he was quite ________.”]
| HURT | 327 |
| PUT OUT | 211 |
| UPSET | 206 |
| OFFENDED | 65 |
| CRUSHED | 57 |
| MIFFED | 53 |
| DISAPPOINTED | 39 |
| PERTURBED | 36 |
| LET DOWN | 32 |
| DISTURBED | 29 |
| PEEVED | 29 |
| ANGRY | 23 |
| HUFFY | 18 |
| ANNOYED | 16 |
| MAD | 12 |
| NR | 11 |
| INSULTED | 10 |
| SET BACK | 8 |
| DOWNCAST | 7 |
| SORE | 7 |
| DOWNHEARTED | 6 |
| SHOOK UP | 6 |
| DISGUSTED | 5 |
| EMBARRASSED | 5 |
| RUFFLED | 5 |
| DEJECTED | 4 |
| HEARTBROKEN | 4 |
| IRRITATED | 4 |
| PISSED OFF | 4 |
| PUT DOWN | 4 |
| SHOOK | 4 |
| TEED OFF | 4 |
| CRESTFALLEN | 3 |
| CUT UP | 3 |
| DOWN IN THE DUMPS | 3 |
| DUMBFOUNDED | 3 |
| FURIOUS | 3 |
| PROVOKED | 3 |
| SAD | 3 |
| TAKEN BACK | 3 |
| UNHAPPY | 3 |
| WORKED UP | 3 |
| AGGRAVATED | 2 |
| BOTHERED | 2 |
| BROKEN UP | 2 |
| CHAGRINED | 2 |
| CUT | 2 |
| DEPRESSED | 2 |
| EXASPERATED | 2 |
| FLABBERGASTED | 2 |
| HAD HIS FEELINGS HURT | 2 |
| HUMILIATED | 2 |
| IRKED | 2 |
| NONPLUSSED | 2 |
| PISSED | 2 |
| TAKEN ABACK | 2 |
| VEXED | 2 |
| WROUGHT UP | 2 |
| AFFRONTED | 1 |
| ALL TORE OUT | 1 |
| ALL TORE UP | 1 |
| ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED | 1 |
| ANGUISHED | 1 |
| ANXIOUS | 1 |
| ASHAMED | 1 |
| BEAT | 1 |
| BLUE | 1 |
| BUGGED | 1 |
| BURNT | 1 |
| BURNT UP | 1 |
| CAST DOWN | 1 |
| CHOKED UP | 1 |
| CHOP-FALLEN | 1 |
| CONFUSED OVER IT | 1 |
| CRAZY | 1 |
| DAMPENED | 1 |
| DECEIVED | 1 |
| DEEPLY HURT | 1 |
| DEFLATED | 1 |
| DISGRUNTLED | 1 |
| DISILLUSIONED | 1 |
| DISTURB | 1 |
| DOGGED | 1 |
| DOWN | 1 |
| DRUGGED | 1 |
| EMOTIONAL | 1 |
| FABBERGASTERED | 1 |
| FEATHERS RUFFLED | 1 |
| FEELINGS BEING HURT | 1 |
| FELLED | 1 |
| FELT BAD | 1 |
| FELT QUITE BAD | 1 |
| FELT TURNED DOWN | 1 |
| FIT TO BE TIED | 1 |
| FLATTENED | 1 |
| FLOORED | 1 |
| FRUSTRATED | 1 |
| GOT HIS FEELINGS RUFFLED | 1 |
| GRIEVED | 1 |
| HAD HIS FEATHERS RUFFLED | 1 |
| INDIGNANT | 1 |
| IRRATIONAL | 1 |
| MAD AS FIRE | 1 |
| MELANCHOLY | 1 |
| MISPUT | 1 |
| OUT OF SORTS | 1 |
| OUTDONE | 1 |
| P.O.’D | 1 |
| PEED OFF | 1 |
| PIKED | 1 |
| PRESSED OUT OF SHAPE | 1 |
| PRETTY MAD | 1 |
| PRETURBED | 1 |
| PUFFED UP | 1 |
| PUSHED OUT OF SHAPE | 1 |
| PUT OFF | 1 |
| RILED UP | 1 |
| SHAKEN UP | 1 |
| SHAMED | 1 |
| SHATTERED | 1 |
| SHE KILLED HIS FLINGS | 1 |
| SQUELCHED | 1 |
| STOOD UP | 1 |
| STUNG | 1 |
| SULKY | 1 |
| TAKEN | 1 |
| THAT STUNG HIM | 1 |
| TICKED OFF | 1 |
| TORN UP | 1 |
| TOUCHED TO THE QUICK | 1 |
| TURNED OFF | 1 |
| UPTIGHT | 1 |
| WIND’S OUT OF HIS SAILS | 1 |
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