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Expressions describing emotions




1. A cold shiver ran down her spine. – Hyperbole

2. A happy smile played on his lips. - Epithet

3. A lump came into her throat. - Hyperbole

4. All this emotion worked on Julia and, though she smiled happily, the tears coursed down her cheeks. - Antithesis

5. Although Julia was in a pitable state of anxiety, so that she could hardly get the words out of her mouth, she almost smiled at his fatuous irony. - Antithesis

6. And to dare to treat her like that, a twopenny halfpenny little man in the city.- Litotes

7. And when you reproved Roger he had a maddening way of looking deeply hurt, like a stricken hind. - Simile

8. Black despair seized her.- Hyperbole

9. Bloody fool, bloody fool.- Repetition

10. But if they played a moving scene well he cried like a child, and when they said an amusing line as he wanted it said he bellowed with laughter. - Simile

11. But when she rang off Julia through clenched teeth muttered: “The old cow” - Zoomorphism

12. “Christ, what a sight I looked” (looking at the photograph of herself in her wedding dress) - Interjection

13. Don’t talk to me, you dirty little bitch, you’ve made me cry. - Zoomorphism

14. For a moment Julia lost control of herself and her voice was heavy with tears. - Hyperbole

15. For a second her heart stood still.- Hyperbole

16. Flesh and blood couldn’t stand it. - Metonymy

17. “Gosh, I am going down like a barrel of oysters.” - Simile

18. He blushed again and his blue eyes shone. - Metaphor

19. He blushed scarlet. - Nomination (Adjective)

20. He shone like a new pin. – Simile

21. Her spirits rose. – Hyperbole.

22. His face lit up as he saw her.- Hyperbole

23. His tenderness melted her and she reproached herself bitterly. - Hyperbole

24. His thrift, which in the early days had seemed an amusing, rather touching trait, now revolted her. – Nomination (Verb)

25. How could he say a thing like that? The fool. The blasted fool.- Repetition

26. “I’ve been trying to understand. I can’t. I can’t.”- Repetition

27. I feel like a million dollars..- Simile

28. I feel like a queen returning from exile.- Simile

29. I feel on the top of the world. - Hyperbole

30. “I saw your Mercutio last night,” he said, “What do you think of it yourself?”, -“ Rotten” - Vulgarism

31. I’ll never speak to you again. Never. Never. – Repetition

32. It infuriated her that when she worked herself up into a passion of tears. Metaphor

33. It seemed to her that her heart stopped beating.- Hyperbole

34. It was like a knife in her heart. – Simile

35. Julia took her courage in both hands.- Hyperbole

36. Julia, her heart now beating nineteen to the dozen made an effort to …her voice.- Hyperbole

37. Michael, breathless with excitement, showed it on Julia. - Hyperbole

38. Oh Christ, don’t be so magnanimous, she cried. I can’t bear it. - Interjection

39.“Oh my dear,” cried Julia gaily, “how marvelous! I’ve been trying to get someone to compromise me all my life” - Hyperbole

40. “Old cow”, thought Julia. “Old cow”. – Repetition, Zoomorphism

41. Peace entered into her soul.- Hyperbole, Personification

42. Pleasant reveries sauntered through her mind like lovers wandering in a green wood. - Simile

43. Pompous old …” she hissed as she went down in the lift.- Aposiopesis

44. Poor lamb.- Zoomorphism

45. Poor sweet. - Transposition

46. She felt like a spirit in heaven .- Simile

47. She had been as excited all the evening as a girl going to her first ball. - Simile

48. She sat up on the sofa and put both her hands to her breaking heart. - Epithet

49. She smiled brightly at him, but her eyes were steely with hatred.- Epithet

50. She was in a black rage.- Metaphor

51. “Silly old bitch,” he said when the door was closed behind her.- Zoomorphism

52. Sometimes she felt like a God. - Simile

53. That deeply affronted her. Silly little fool. – Parcelling

54. They looked at one another steadily, their hearts were black with hatred, bur Julia still smiled.- Epithet

55. “What the devil do you mean by that?” - Zoomorphism

56.“What the devil’s the matter with me? God, I can hardly breathe.”- Zoomorphism

57. “Who the devil is Avice Crichton?” - Zoomorphism

58. “Why the devil don’t you answer when I speak to you?”- Zoomorphism

59. You devil! - Zoomorphism

60. You take a great weight off my mind. – Hyperbole

61. “You rotten bitch” she said to herself.- Zoomorphism





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