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Negatives Emotions (adjectives)
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- 1ANSIOSOANXIOUS
(B1) WORRIED and nervous: She's very anxious about her exams. I saw his anxious face at the window.
(B2) WANTING to do something or wanting something to happen: [ + to do sth ] He's anxious to get home. [ + that ] I was anxious that no one else should know.
(B2) ANXIOUSLY (adverb): We waited anxiously by the phone. - 2PREOCUPADOWORRIED
(A2) Anxious because you are thinking about problems or unpleasant things that might happen. EX: She's really worried about her son. / [ + (that) ] I'm worried that she'll tell Maria.
- Noun: worry, worrier
- Adjective: worrying, worrisome (formal), worried ≠ unworried
- Verb: worry
- Adverb: worryingly, worriedly - 3ASUSTADOFRIGHTENED
(B1) AFRAID or nervous: I've always been frightened of going to the dentist.
[ + (that) ] Gerry was frightened that people would laugh at him.
- Noun: fright, frighteners
- Adjective: frightened, frightening, frightful - Verb: frighten
- Adverb: frighteningly frightfully - 4ESPANTADO O ASUSTADOSCARED
(B1) Frightened or worried. Frightened of something, or nervous about something.
EX: Robert's scared of heights. I was scared to death (= very frightened). / [ + (that) ] We were scared that we'd be killed.
SYN: afraid
- Noun: scare
- Adjective: scared, scary
- Verb: scare - 5PETRIFICADOPETRIFIED
Extremely frightened, especially so frightened that you cannot move or think EX: Petrified of: I'm petrified of spiders. Petrified with fright/fear: He was petrified with fear when he saw the gun.
NOTA: Origen petrified (1400-1500) French pétrifier, from Greek petra “rock”. - 6ATERRORIZADOTERRIFIED
(B1) Very frightened. EX: I'm terrified of flying. [ + (that) ] Maggie was terrified that her parents would discover the truth.
- Terrified of: Sid is terrified of heights.
She was terrified of being caught.
- Terrified (that): We were terrified that the bridge would collapse.
-Terrified at: He was terrified at the thought of being stranded in the woods.
-Terrified to do something: He was terrified to stay home alone. - 7TENSOTENSE
(B2) FEELING: nervous, worried, and not able to relax. EX: The students looked tense as they waited for their exam results.
(B2) SITUATION: A tense situation makes you feel nervous and worried. EX: There were some tense moments in the second half of the game.
MUSCLE: A tense muscle feels tight and stiff (rígido).
- Noun: tenseness, tension, [uncountable: tenseness]
- Adjective: tense
- Verb: tense
- Adverb: tensely - 8DIFÍCILUNEASY
(B2) Worried because you think something bad might happen. EX: I feel a bit uneasy about her travelling alone.
- Noun: ease unease easiness uneasiness
- Adjective: easy uneasy
- Verb: ease
- Adverb: easily, uneasily, easy - 9VERY FRIGHTENEDTERRIFIED: very frightened. EX: He looked terrified as the plane took off. / James was absolutely terrified of losing his only child. / He dragged the terrified woman into his car.
PETRIFIED: very frightened – used especially when you are so frightened that you cannot think or move. EX: She’s absolutely petrified of spiders.
SCARED STIFF/ SCARED TO DEATH (informal): very frightened. EX: I had to make a speech, and I was scared stiff. / She was scared to death of her father.
IN TERROR (written): If you do something in terror, you do it because you are very frightened. EX: People fled in terror as the building went up in flames. - 10STIFFBORED/ SCARED/ WORRIED STIFF
(Informal) extremely bored, frightened, or worried.
SCARED STIFF: Utterly terrified; so scared that one cannot move. EX: I was scared stiff when I heard someone in our kitchen in the middle of the night. / Janet still seems to be scared stiff after the encounter with the mountain lion.
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- Intermedio 12 Inglés (ADVANCE 2: OBJETIVE FIRST) Flashcards on Negatives Emotions (adjectives), created by Jacqueline Reyes on 27/09/2018.
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