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Verbs of Evoking Emotions - Verbs for Evoking Negative Emotions

Here you will learn some English verbs referring to evoking negative emotions such as "upset", "disgust", and "tire".

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Categorized English Verbs of Evoking and Feeling Emotions
to upset
to upset
[Verb]

to make a person unhappy or emotionally disturbed

Ex: When I forgot her birthday, it upset my sister a lot. 
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to sadden
to sadden
[Verb]

to make someone feel unhappy or disappointed

Ex: The loss of her pet deeply saddened her. 
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to depress

to make someone feel extremely sad or discouraged, often as a result of challenging situations, such as loss

Ex: The constant rain seemed to depress him even more. 
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to desolate

to make someone feel extremely miserable and unhappy

Ex: The loss of her parents desolated her. 
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to deject
to deject
[Verb]

to make someone feel disheartened or low in spirits

Ex: His failure in the exam dejected him. 
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to get down

to cause someone's spirits to be lowered

Ex: The news of the layoffs got him down, and he felt demotivated. 
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to disappoint

to fail to meet someone's expectations or hopes, causing them to feel let down or unhappy

Ex: The movie's ending disappointed many viewers. 
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to let down

to make someone disappointed by not meeting their expectations

Ex: The speaker's uninspiring presentation let down the audience, who had gathered with anticipation for an engaging and informative event. 
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to disgust

to make someone feel upset, shocked, and sometimes offended about something

Ex: His rude behavior towards the waiter disgusted everyone at the table. 
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to revolt
to revolt
[Verb]

to cause strong disgust or offense to someone's morals

Ex: His sexist remarks revolted the entire audience. 
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to repel
to repel
[Verb]

to cause someone to feel a strong dislike or aversion towards something

Ex: The foul smell of the garbage repels visitors to the alley. 
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to squick
to squick
[Verb]

to disgust someone

Ex: The graphic horror movie scenes squicked some viewers. 
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to sicken
to sicken
[Verb]

to cause strong offense to someone's morals

Ex: The cruel treatment of animals sickened the activists. 
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to nauseate

to make someone feel very disgusted, often in a moral sense

Ex: Their rude behavior at the party was enough to nauseate most of the guests. 
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to gross out

to disgust someone, especially with something vulgar or offensive

Ex: The disgusting behavior of the bullies has grossed out many students. 
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to exhaust

to cause a person to become extremely tired

Ex: The intense workout at the gym completely exhausted her. 
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to tire
to tire
[Verb]

to cause someone or something to feel exhausted

Ex: The long hike tired him. 
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to overtire

to exhaust someone excessively beyond normal limits

Ex: She overtires herself by taking on too many tasks. 
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to fatigue

to make someone extremely tired from too much exertion or stress

Ex: The long hours of work fatigued him. 
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to wear out

to make someone tired because of strain or stress

Ex: The repetitive tasks at the assembly line quickly wore the workers out. 
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to fag out

to become extremely tired from overexertion, strain, or stress

Ex: The constant stress has fagged me out. 
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to bore
to bore
[Verb]

to do something that causes a person become uninterested, tired, or impatient

Ex: The long lecture bored the students. 
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to stultify

to make someone lose interest or motivation, typically due to a boring or restrictive routine

Ex: The monotonous job stultified his creativity. 
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