What are you feeling?
Nothing inspires an emotional response like politics.
Whether the present election cycle is getting you down or goading you to
action, it’s affecting you. Join me in exploring the nuances of words that
might pertain to your feelings.
On the not-so-positive side, you might be feeling:
appalled – terror or dismay at a shocking but apparently unalterable situation
daunted –
disheartened or intimidated
dismayed – fear or discouragement at the prospect of some difficulty or problem
which one doesn’t know how to resolve
horrified -- horror, loathing or irritation at that
which shocks or offends one
enervated
– a loss of force, vigor, or energy
debilitated –
temporarily weakened
undermined or sapped –
weakened or impaired by subtle, gradual, or stealthy means
Or you might
find this race for president is filling you with energy. If so, you might be
feeling:
exhilarated –
an enlivened elevating of the spirits
stimulated –
roused from inertia, inactivity or lethargy
invigorated
– filled with vigor or energy in a physical sense
vitalized
– invigorated or animated in a non-physical sense
quickened –
roused to action
Most of us are a hodge-podge of all these. I’m hoping you
might leave a comment noting which reactions seem strongest in you.
(the above offer is good for the first ten folks who respond)
Big thanks to this week’s sources: Merriam-Webster, Wordnik, Etymonline, Collins Dictionary, Webster’s
New World Dictionary of the American Language, 1959, & the OED.
Horrified by Mr. T and vitalized by Ms. C. Reporting live from Morro Bay!
ReplyDeleteHey Leslie - thanks for popping by. I hope life's begin good to you.
DeleteYES!!! All of the above!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely appalled on one side and invigorated on the other. I realized recently that those "microaggressions" by entitled, bullying men are bothering me in a way they haven't since the 1970s. I don't know if Mr. T is emboldening them, or I'm noticing that behavior again when I used to ignore it. But all that horrifying behavior is putting the vigor back into my feminism.
ReplyDeleteAnd a little vigor is always a good thing. Thanks for - once again - coming by.
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