Emotions 2 - Advanced Negative Vocabulary

Advanced Adjectives:

1. Melancholic: Feeling or expressing sadness; characterized by or causing melancholy.
2. Despondent: In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
3. Disheartened: Feeling a loss of determination, confidence, or hope.
4. Crestfallen: Dejected, disappointed, or humiliated.
5. Dismayed: Filled with consternation and distress.
6. Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
7. Dejected: Sad and depressed; dispirited.
8. Woeful: Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery.
9. Pessimistic: Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.
10. Disconsolate: Unhappy, dejected, or cheerless.

Idioms:

1. Feeling under the weather: Feeling ill or sick.
2. Down in the dumps: Feeling sad or depressed.
3. Seeing the glass as half empty: Having a negative outlook on life or a situation.
4. Feeling blue: Feeling sad or depressed.
5. Having a heavy heart: Feeling deep sorrow or grief.
6. In the doldrums: In a state of low spirits or depression.
7. Sinking feeling: A feeling of apprehension, foreboding, or disappointment.
8. Feeling like the world is crashing down: Feeling overwhelmed by negative events or emotions.
9. Cutting a sorry figure: Appearing pitiful or miserable.
10. Being in a funk: Feeling unhappy or unmotivated for an extended period.

Colloquial Expressions:

1. Fed up: Feeling tired, annoyed, or frustrated, especially with a situation that has persisted for too long.
2. Feeling down and out: Feeling depressed, defeated, or without hope.
3. Miserable as sin: Feeling extremely unhappy or wretched.
4. Feeling like a wet blanket: Feeling like one is dampening the mood or enthusiasm of others.
5. Feeling like the world is against you: Feeling persecuted or experiencing a series of unfortunate events.
6. Having a black cloud over your head: Feeling as though one is plagued by persistent bad luck or negative circumstances.
7. Feeling like you've hit rock bottom: Feeling as though one has reached the lowest point in their life or situation.
8. Going through a rough patch: Experiencing a difficult or challenging period in one's life.
9. Feeling like a shadow of your former self: Feeling diminished or diminished in terms of one's former abilities or self-esteem.
10. Feeling like everything is going wrong: Feeling overwhelmed by a series of negative events or circumstances.