Feelings — Set 5

Set 5 of Feelings covers 5 words: spiteful, indignant, intimidated, pleased, down. Each entry below includes its definition, an example sentence, and synonyms — practice them with the interactive cards above.

1. spiteful · adjective/ˈspaɪtf(ə)l/

   a person who is spiteful is so full of anger that s/he wants to deliberately hurt or upset another person; hostile

   The experiences he had gone through turned him into a spiteful man and all he wanted was revenge.

   Synonyms: malicious, vindictive, hateful, venomous

2. indignant · adjective/ɪnˈdɪɡnənt/

   angry or upset because of an unfair treatment

   Jamie became righteously indignant when his friends implied that he might have stolen the money.

   Synonyms: resentful, bitter, hurt, saddened

   Origin: late 16th century: from Latin indignant- ‘regarding as unworthy’, from the verb indignari, from in- ‘not’ + dignus ‘worthy’

3. intimidated · adjective/ɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪt/

   feeling nervous and frightened because you lack confidence in a situation

   I remember feeling intimidated by the level of the performances of other dancers in my dance class but my teacher was so encouraging so I never stopped practicing.

   Synonyms: scared, frightened, fearful

   Origin: mid 17th century: from medieval Latin intimidat- ‘made timid’, from the verb intimidare (based on timidus ‘timid’)

4. pleased · adjective/plizd/

   happy;satisfied

   Our boss was very pleased with our performance this year and she had a meeting with each of us to thank us individually.

   Synonyms: gratified, contented, glad, delighted

5. down · adjective/daʊn/

   upset

   Alex has been feeling down lately because he has no idea what he is doing with his life or why he even lives in this city.

   Synonyms: sad, depressed, blue, gloomy

   Origin: Old English dūn, dūne, shortened from adūne ‘downward’, from the phrase of dūne ‘off the hill’ (see down)