Definition Dictionary

To reduce a fear, concern, or other troubling feeling.

Having mixed or conflicting feelings about something.

One word family: also includes ambivalence.

A strong feeling of dislike or aversion.

To make an unpleasant feeling or condition less intense.

Showing an unfeeling disregard for other people's difficulties.

Calm control of one's feelings or behavior.

An uneasy feeling of guilt or moral hesitation.

An associated idea or feeling beyond a word's direct meaning.

A strong feeling that someone or something is unworthy of respect.

Feeling or showing sincere remorse.

One word family: also includes contrition.

A feeling that someone or something is beneath consideration or respect.

To conceal one's true motives or feelings through pretense.

Expressing feelings with great enthusiasm and little restraint.

To draw out a response, information, or feeling.

Expressing ideas or feelings fluently and persuasively.

Able to understand or share another person's feelings and experience.

The capacity to understand or share another person's feelings or perspective.

To cause a feeling, situation, or condition to arise.

To show or reveal a quality or feeling clearly.

To bring a feeling, memory, or response to mind.

Intense enthusiasm or passionate feeling.

To fill or permeate with a quality, feeling, or idea.

Unable to express ideas or feelings clearly in speech.

Showing too little concern for the needs, rights, or feelings of others.