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EMOTIONAL STATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
Example:
his spirit rose
Synonyms:
emotional state; spirit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("emotional state" is a kind of...):
emotion (any strong feeling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emotional state"):
embarrassment (the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy))
ecstasy; exaltation; rapture; raptus; transport (a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion)
gratification; satisfaction (state of being gratified or satisfied)
felicity; happiness (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)
state (a state of depression or agitation)
unhappiness (state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief)
