When young, I couldn't describe my feelings, so I found a list of emotional words. It helped. Not everything I felt was on the list I used, but I viewed it as a starting place.

Over time, I discovered much of what I felt was paradoxical -- freezing hot, screamingly silent, despairingly happy, enraged peace. Does that make any sense at all? Nope. I just let it flow, accepted it, said, huh?

The word list was shallow compared to what I felt inside, but it allowed me to use words that other people could comprehend to give them a small glimpse of at least the tone of my feelings.

I agree with Skeezyks, some wounds and feelings are too deep to put into words, all we can do is sit with them, accept them with compassion and let them flow away. I seldom try to describe my feelings any longer, but if necessary I can now use words that others can begin to comprehend on a surface level. And that's an okay place to start.

Here's a long list of both positive and negative English language words to describe emotions, feelings and tone. I also needed a list to describe physical sensation. For me, certain negative emotions trigger physical sensations which are an important part of the mix.

List of Adjectives to Describe Tone and Feelings and Emotions