Emotional States and Attitudes

Emotional States and Attitudes

GG2 Expressions meaning ‘confused, mixed up’: “So many things were going on at the same time that she got completely ________.”

GG3 To tease: “See those big boys trying to ________ (that little one).”

GG4 Stirred up, angry: “When he saw them coming, he got ________.”

GG5 When someone does something unexpectedly bold or forward, you might say: “Well, he certainly has a lot of ________.”

GG8 When a person is very easily offended: “Be careful what you say to him, he’s ________.”

GG13b When something keeps bothering a person and makes him nervous, he may say: “It gives me the ________.”

GG14 Names and nicknames for someone who fusses or worries a lot, especially about little things:

GG16 Words for finding fault, or complaining: “You just can’t please him—he’s always ________.”

GG18 Other words meaning ‘obstinate’: “Why does she have to be so ________?”

GG19a When you can see from the way a person acts that he’s feeling important or independent: “He surely is acting ________ these days.”

GG19b When you can see from the way a person acts that he’s feeling important or independent: “He seems to think he’s (a) (or the) ________.”

GG20 Words or expressions meaning ‘very much surprised’: “When those two got married, I was certainly ________.”

GG21b If you don’t care what a person does, you might say, “Go ahead—I don’t give a(n) ________.”

GG23b If you speak sharply to somebody to make him be patient, you might say, “Hold ________!”

GG30 To suddenly break out laughing: “When he told her that, she just ________.”

GG31 To laugh very hard: “I thought I’d ________.”

GG32a To habitually play tricks or jokes on people: “He’s always ________.”

GG34a To feel depressed or in a gloomy mood: “She has the ________ today.”

GG35a To sulk or pout: “It won’t do any good to ________ about it.”

GG35b Of a person who is acting annoyed or disappointed, you might say, “Because she couldn’t go, she’s been ________ all day.”

GG36a The kind of person who is always poking into other people’s affairs: “She’s an awful ________.”

GG36b The kind of person who is always poking into other people’s affairs: “She’s the ________ person I know!”

GG37 Somebody who is very brave or courageous: “He’s got plenty of ________.”

GG38 Somebody who is usually mean and bad-tempered: “He’s an awful ________.

GG40 Words or expressions meaning violently angry: “She’s mad as ________.”

GG42 About a reckless person, one who takes foolish chances, you might say, “She’s a(n) _________.”

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