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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
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to make a person unhappy or emotionally disturbed

Ex: The news about the accident upsetting everyone in the office .
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to sadden
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to make someone feel unhappy or disappointed

Ex: The sight of abandoned animals in shelters saddens me .
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to make someone feel extremely sad or discouraged, often as a result of challenging situations, such as loss

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to make someone feel extremely miserable and unhappy

Ex: Failure to achieve his lifelong desolated him with a sense of hopelessness .
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to deject
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to make someone feel disheartened or low in spirits

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to cause someone's spirits to be lowered

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

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to make someone disappointed by not meeting their expectations

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

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to revolt
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to cause strong disgust or offense to someone's morals

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

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to squick
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to disgust someone

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to sicken
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to cause strong offense to someone's morals

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

Ex: The ongoing conflict nauseated many observers .
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to disgust someone, especially with something vulgar or offensive

Ex: The graphic content in the TV show grossing out the audience .
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to cause a person to become extremely tired

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to tire
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to feel exhausted due to strain or stress

Ex: The continuous stress tired me .
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to exhaust someone excessively beyond normal limits

Ex: The constant stress overtired him .
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to make someone extremely tired from too much exertion or stress

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to make someone tired because of strain or stress

Ex: The constant pressure wore out his enthusiasm for the job .
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to become extremely tired from overexertion, strain, or stress

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

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

Ex: By the time I left the company , the strict policies had stultified my passion for the job .
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