《Vocabulary / Word Lists for writers》facial expressions

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1. Absent: preoccupied

2. Agonized: as if in pain or tormented

3. Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire

4. Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest

5. Beatific: see blissful

6. Bilious: ill-natured

7. Black: angry or sad, or see hostile

8. Bleak: see grim and hopeless

9. Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern

10. Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment

11. Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent

12. Brooding: see anxious and gloomy

13. Bug eyed: frightened or surprised

14. Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed

15. Cheeky: cocky, insolent

16. Cheerless: sad

17. Choleric: hot-tempered, irate

18. Coy: flirtily playful, or evasive

19. Crestfallen: see despondent

20. Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings

21. Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor

22. Dejected: see despondent

23. Derisive: see sardonic

24. Despondent: depressed or discouraged

25. Doleful: sad or afflicted

26. Dour: stern or obstinate; see also despondent

27. Downcast: see despondent

28. Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing

29. Ecstatic: delighted or entranced

30. Etched: see fixed

31. Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible

32. Fixed: concentrated or immobile

33. Furtive: stealthy

34. Gazing: staring intently

35. Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive

36. Glaring: see hostile

37. Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion

38. Gloomy: see despondent and sullen

39. Glowering: annoyed or angry

40. Glowing: see radiant

41. Grim: see despondent; also, fatalistic or pessimistic

42. Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness

43. Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty

44. Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism

45. Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant

46. Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit

47. Impassive: see deadpan

48. Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable

49. Jeering: insulting or mocking

50. Languid: lazy or weak

51. Leering: see meaningful; also, sexually suggestive

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52. Meaningful: to convey an implicit connotation or shared secret

53. Mild: easygoing

54. Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful

55. Moody: see sullen

56. Pained: affected with discomfort or pain

57. Pallid: see wan

58. Peering: with curiosity or suspicion

59. Peeved: annoyed

60. Petulant: see cheeky and peeved

61. Pitying: sympathetic

62. Pleading: seeking apology or assistance

63. Pouting: see sullen

64. Quizzical: questioning or confused

65. Radiant: bright, happy

66. Roguish: see mischievous

67. Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident

68. Sardonic: mocking

69. Scornful: contemptuous or mocking

70. Scowling: displeased or threatening

71. Searching: curious or suspicious

72. Set: see fixed

73. Shamefaced: ashamed or bashful

74. Slack-jawed: dumbfounded or surprised

75. Sly: cunning; see also furtive and mischievous

76. Snarling: surly

77. Sneering: see scornful

78. Somber: see grave

79. Sour: unpleasant

80. Stolid: inexpressive

81. Straight-faced: see deadpan

82. Sulky: see sullen

83. Sullen: resentful

84. Taunting: see jeering

85. Taut: high-strung

86. Tense: see taut

87. Tight: see pained and taut

88. Unblinking: see fixed

89. Vacant: blank or stupid looking

90. Veiled: see inscrutable

91. Wan: pale, sickly; see also faint

92. Wary: cautious or cunning

93. Wide eyed: frightened or surprised

94. Wild eyed: excited, frightened, or stressful

95. Wistful: yearning or sadly thoughtful

96. Withering: devastating; see also wrathful

97. Woeful: full of grief or lamentation

98. Wolfish: see leering and mischievous

99. Wrathful: indignant or vengeful

100. Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling

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