Alarm | | | | Doublet of Lärm. |
alertness | | | मुस्तैदी | from erta (“lookout, tower”). |
Alienation | | अलगाव की भावना | अजनबीयत | From aliēnus (“foreign, alien”) |
Amaze | | अमेज | हेरतजदा | from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound”) |
amusement | | मनोरंजन | तफरी | Middle French amuser (“to amuse, divert, babble”), |
anger | | क्रोध | गुस्सा | Sanskrit अंहु (aṃhu, “anxiety, distress”). |
Annoyance | | चिढ़ | झनझलाहट | From in- + odiō (“hate”), a verb based on odium (“hatred, loathing”) |
anticipate | | पूर्वानुमान करना | मुतावक्का | from ante (“before”), + capere (“take”) |
anxiety | | चिंता | बेचैनी | from angō (“to distress, trouble”) |
apprehension | | आशंका | khadsha | From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + equivalent to pre- (“fore-, pre-”) + *hendō (“to take, seize”) |
Astonish | | चकित | | astun (“to astonish, confound, stun”), |
Attraction | | आकर्षण | कशिश | attrahō (= ad + trahō), |
aversion | | घृणा | नफरत | From ab- + vertō |
awe | | भय | खौफ | |
Baffle | | बाफ़ल | चकरा जाना | Perhaps related to French bafouer (“to scorn”) |
Bewilder | | भुलाना | हैरानकिन | From be- (prefix used as an intensifier) + wilder (“to lead astray; to go astray, wander”) |
Bliss | | परमानंद | नेमतोन | |
boredom | | उदासी | बुरीयत | Cognate with Latin forō (“to bore, to pierce”) |
Calm | | शांत | पुरसुकून | may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), |
Carefree | | लापरवाह | ला परवाह | |
Caring | | | देखभाल करने वाला | Latin garriō, |
Charity | | दान पुण्य | sadqa | From cārus (“dear, expensive”) + -tās. |
comfort | | आराम | आराम | from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”). |
Compassion | | दया | हमदर्दी | from Latin passio (“suffering”), |
concern | | चिंता | तशवीश | combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”). |
confident | | विश्वास है | पर एतमाद | from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”). |
confusion | | | उलझन | From con- (“with, together”) + fundō (“pour”). |
contempt | | निंदा | तौहीन | from com- + temnō (“I despise”) |
Contentment | | संतोष | कनात | From con- (“with, together”) + tendō (“stretch, extend; contend”) |
Courage | | साहस | हिम्मत | from Latin cor (“heart”) |
Cruelty | | क्रूरता | ज़ुल्म | crūdēlis (“cruel, hard-hearted”) (crudus) |
curiosity | | जिज्ञासा | तजस्सुस | From cūra (“care, concern, worry”) + -osus (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns”). |
cynicism | | कुटिलता | घटियापन | From κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”) + -ῐκός (-ikós) |
dejection | | उदासी | मायूसी | From dē- (“from, down from, away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”). |
Delight | | आनंद | खुशी | from de- (“away”) + laciō (“I lure, I deceive”), |
Desire | | इच्छा | ख्वाइश | from de- + sidus (in the phrase de sidere, from the stars) |
Despair | | निराशा | मायूसी | from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). |
Disappointment | | निराशा | मायूसी | from des - (dis-) + Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). |
disaprroval | | अस्वीकृति | ना मंजूर | from ad + probō (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”) |
discomfort | | असहजता | बे आरामी | from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”). |
disdain | | तिरस्कार | हिकारत | from dignus (“worthy”) |
disgust | | घृणा | नफरत | from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), |
Dismay | | बेचैनी | मायूसी | from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”) |
dispirited | | मायूस | मायूसी | from Latin spīrō (“I breathe, blow, respire”) |
dissatisfied | | असंतुष्ट | ग़ैर | from satis (“enough, sufficient”) + faciō (“I make, I do”) |
Distress | | संकट | तकलीफ | from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). |
dominance | | प्रभाव | ग़लबा | |
Doubt | | | शक | *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + habeō (“to have, hold”) |
dread | | भय | खौफ | from and- + rǣdan (whence read); |
Eagerness | | उत्सुकता | बेताबी | from Latin acer (“sharp, keen”); |
Ecstasy | | परमानंद | | from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”) |
Elation | | उत्साह | खुशी | short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”). |
Embarrassment | | | शर्मिंदगी | from em- (“in”) (from Latin im-) + baraço (“noose, rope”) |
Empathy | | सहानुभूति | हमदर्दी | (formed from ἐν (en, “in, at”) + πάθος (páthos, “feeling”)) |
enlightenment | | प्रबोधन | रोशन खयाली | inlighten (“to enlighten, illuminate”) |
ennui | | विरक्ति | | from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy. |
Enthusiasm | | उमंग | जोश | from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theós, “god”) + οὐσία (ousía, “essence”). |
enthusiastic | | उत्साही | पूरा जोश | contracted form of ἔνθεος (éntheos, “possessed by a god”) |
envy | | ईर्ष्या | हसद | from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). |
epiphany | | अहसास | | from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”) |
Exasperation | | खीज | गुस्सा | possibly from ( ex + aspera ) |
Excitement | | उत्साह | जोश | from ex (“out”) + ciere (“call, summon”) |
Exhilaration | | ज़िंदादिली | जोश ओ खरोश | (from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”), |
fear | | डर | खौफ | Latin perīculum (“danger, risk, trial”) |
Ferocity | | क्रूरता | दरिंदगी | from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”) |
Flumoxxed | | Flumoxxed | | |
Fondness | | अनुराग | शौक | perhaps related to fonne (“idiot”). |
Friendliness | | मित्रता | दोस्ती | equivalent to free + -nd. |
Fright | | भय | खौफ | |
frustration | | निराशा | मायूसी | from fraus (“harm, injury”). , From frūstrō (“deceive, trick”) + -tiō. |
Fury | | रोष | गुस्सा | from Latin furia (“rage”) |
Gladness | | हर्ष | खुशी | Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”) |
Glee | | उल्लास | खुशी | |
Gloom | | | उदासी | from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”) |
Greed | | | लालच | Sanskrit गृद्धि (gṛddhi, “greed”), |
grief | | शोक | ग़म | from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave. |
Grumpy | | क्रोधी | बदतमीज़ | |
Guilt | | अपराध | जुर्म | |
happiness | | ख़ुशी | खुशी | an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), |
harass | | परेशान | हरासन करना | possibly from hither + thither (compound ) |
Helplessness | | | बेबसी | |
hopeful | | आशावान | उम्मीदमंद | |
horrify | | डराना | खौफजादा | Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”) |
Hostility | | शत्रुता | दुश्मनी | Equivalent to hostis (“enemy”) + -īlis. |
Humility | | विनम्रता | आजज़ी | from humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”) |
Impatience | | अधीरता | बे सब्री | present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), |
indifference | | उदासीनता | बे हिसि | From dis- (“apart”) + ferō (“carry, bear”) |
indignation | | रोष | गुस्सा | from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”) |
Infatuation | | आसक्ति | सहर | in + From fatuus (“foolish”) (Attraction) |
influence | | प्रभाव | असर ओ रसूख | from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”) |
insight | | अंतर्दृष्टि | बासीरत | equivalent to in- + sight. |
inspire | | प्रेरित करना | हौसला अफजाई | from in + spīrō (“breathe”), |
Insult | | अपमान | तौहीन करना | from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap; |
interest | | | दिलचस्प | inter- + sum |
intrigue | | | साज़िश | From in- + trīcor (“dally, trifle”). |
Irritation | | | चिढ़ | present active infinitive of irrītō (“I excite”) |
Isolation | | एकांत | अलेहद्गी | from isolé, placed on an island (thus away from other people) |
Jealousy | | ईर्ष्या द्वेष | हसद | from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”) |
Joviality | | प्रसन्नता | खुश मिजाज | |
joy | | हर्ष | खुशी | Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). |
Jubilation | | आनंदोत्सव | खुशी | from Latin iūbilātiō (“a shouting for joy”) |
laughter | | | हंसी | |
Liking | | | पसंद | from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image; likeness; similarity”) |
Loathing | | घृणा | नफरत अंगेज़ | |
Loneliness | | अकेलापन | तन्हाई | Shortened from alone. ( equivalent to al- (“all”) + one.) |
Love | | प्यार | मोहब्बत | Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “desire, greed”). |
melanocholy | | मेलानोचोली | | (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). |
Modesty | | नम्रता | शाइस्तगी | |
molest | | तंग करना | छेड़ छाड़ | Cognate with Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos) |
morbidness | | विकृति | बीमारी | from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) |
Mortification | | वैराग्य | mortification | From mors (“death”) + -ficō (“-fy”). |
motivate | | उत्साह करना | हौसला अफजाई | motivum (“motive, moving cause”), neuter of motivus (“serving to move”). |
Nostalgia | | उदासी | पुरानी यादें | Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”), |
oppress | | अन्धेर | ज़ुल्म | from ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”) |
optimism | | आशावाद | | From Latin optimus, |
outrage | | उल्लंघन | गुस्सा | from Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). |
panic | | घबराहट | | from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan; of fear: baseless”) |
Passion | | जुनून | जज्बा | from Latin passio (“suffering”), |
Patience | | धैर्य | सब्र | present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), |
Perversity | | प्रतिकूलता | कजरवि | per- (“thoroughly”) + verto (“I turn”) |
pessimist | | निराशावादी | मायूसी पसंद | from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”) |
Pity | | दया | | Equivalent to pius (“pious, devout”) + -tās (“-ty, -dom”) |
pleased | | प्रसन्न | खुश | from Latin placēre (“to please, to seem good”) |
pleasure | | आनंद | खुशी | from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), |
Politeness | | शील | शाइस्तगी | From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“I polish, smooth”) |
Powerlessness | | शक्तिहीनता | बे इख्तियारी | from Vulgar Latin *potēre, from Latin possum, posse (“to be able”); |
Pride | | गौरव | फक्र | derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). |
puzzlement | | पहेली | मोआमना | Possibly from pose (“to perplex, puzzle, interrogate”) |
quell | | वश में करना | रोकना | Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”) |
rage | | तेज़ी | गुस्सा | from Vulgar Latin *rabia, from Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). |
Regret | | खेद | अफसोस | equivalent to re- + greet. |
Relaxation | | विश्राम | आराम | from re- (“back”) + laxāre (“loosen”), |
Relief | | | छुटकारा | From re- + levō ( From levis (“light, not heavy”) |
Reluctance | | अनिच्छा | हीचकिचाहट | From re- + lūctor. Latin luctor (“I wrestle”) |
remorse | | आत्मा ग्लानि | पछतावा | from Latin remordeō (“I torment, I vex”, literally “I bite back”), from re- + mordeō (“I bite”). |
Resentment | | | नाराज़गी | From re- + sentir ( from Latin sentīre, present active infinitive of sentiō, |
revulsion | | तबदीली | बग़ावत | re + vello (wool) |
Rivalry | | विरोध | दुश्मनी | Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”), |
sadness | | | उदासी | related to sit |
Satisfaction | | संतुष्टि | इत्मीनान | satis (“enough, sufficient”) + faciō (“to make, construct”) |
Schadenfreude | | | | Schaden (“damage, harm, mishap”) + Freude (“joy”) |
Scorn | | घिन आना | ताना देना | from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)) |
self conscious | | संकोची | खुद होश | |
sentience | | चेतना | जज़्बात | from Latin sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”) |
sentiment | | भाव | जज़्बात | Equivalent to sentiō + -mentum. |
serenity | | शांति | सुकून | serēnus (clear ) |
shame | | | शर्मिंदगी | |
shock | | झटका | झटका | |
Sorrow | | गम | ग़म | Sanskrit सूर्क्षति (sū́rkṣati, “worry”) |
Spite | | विरोध | बावजूद | from Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”) |
sterness | | कठोरता | सख्ती | |
Stress | | | तनाव | from Latin strictus (“narrow”). |
submission | | | | From sub- + mittō. (send) |
surprise | | आश्चर्य | हैरत | from sor- (“over”) + prendre (“to take”) |
Suspense | | कौतुहल | मशकूक | sub- + pendo ( I suspend, hang) |
Sympathy | | सहानुभूति | हमदर्दी | sym- (“acting or considered together”) + -pathy (“feeling”). |
Tenderness | | कोमलता | नर्मी | from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”). |
Tension | | | तनाव | From tendō (“to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend”) |
terror | | आतंक | दहशत | from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”), |
thrill | | रोमांच | सनसनी | From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) |
tremble | | घबराना | कांपना | From tremulus (“a trembling”), from tremō (“shake, tremble”). |
trust | | विश्वास | एतमाद | |
Vulnerability | | भेद्यता | कमजोरी | from Latin vulnerō (“I wound”). |
Wanderlust | | सफ़र का अनुराग | आवारा गर्दी | From wandern (“to hike/wander”) + Lust (“joy”) |
wonder | | आश्चर्य | ताज्जुब | |
worry | | चिंता | फिकर / फिक्र | Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), |
Wrath | | क्रोध | गुस्सा | |
Zeal | | उत्साह | josh | from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), |
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