List of Basic Emotions What are the basic emotions? As ever, theorists disagree.

Ortony and Turner (1990) collated a wide range of research on identification of basic emotions. Theorist Plutchik Arnold Ekman, Friesen, and Ellsworth Frijda Gray Izard James McDougall Mowrer Oatley and JohnsonLaird Panksepp Tomkins Watson Weiner and Graham Basic Emotions Acceptance, anger, anticipation, disgust, joy, fear, sadness, surprise Anger, aversion, courage, dejection, desire, despair, fear, hate, hope, love, sadness Anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, surprise Desire, happiness, interest, surprise, wonder, sorrow Rage and terror, anxiety, joy Anger, contempt, disgust, distress, fear, guilt, interest, joy, shame, surprise Fear, grief, love, rage Anger, disgust, elation, fear, subjection, tender-emotion, wonder Pain, pleasure Anger, disgust, anxiety, happiness, sadness Expectancy, fear, rage, panic Anger, interest, contempt, disgust, distress, fear, joy, shame, surprise Fear, love, rage Happiness, sadness

Here is a deeper list of emotions as described in Parrot (2001), where emotions were categorised into a short tree structure. Primary emotion Secondary emotion Affection Love Lust Longing Joy Cheerfulness

Tertiary emotions Adoration, affection, love, fondness, liking, attraction, caring, tenderness, compassion, sentimentality Arousal, desire, lust, passion, infatuation Longing Amusement, bliss, cheerfulness, gaiety, glee, jolliness, joviality, joy, delight, enjoyment, gladness, happiness, jubilation, elation, satisfaction, ecstasy, euphoria

Zest Contentment Pride Optimism Enthrallment Relief Surprise Surprise Irritation Exasperation Anger Rage Disgust Envy Torment Suffering Sadness Disappointme nt Shame Neglect Sympathy Horror Fear Nervousness

Enthusiasm, zeal, zest, excitement, thrill, exhilaration Contentment, pleasure Pride, triumph Eagerness, hope, optimism Enthrallment, rapture Relief Amazement, surprise, astonishment Aggravation, irritation, agitation, annoyance, grouchiness, grumpiness Exasperation, frustration Anger, rage, outrage, fury, wrath, hostility, ferocity, bitterness, hate, loathing, scorn, spite, vengefulness, dislike, resentment Disgust, revulsion, contempt Envy, jealousy Torment Agony, suffering, hurt, anguish Depression, despair, hopelessness, gloom, glumness, sadness, unhappiness, grief, sorrow, woe, misery, melancholy Dismay, disappointment, displeasure Guilt, shame, regret, remorse Alienation, isolation, neglect, loneliness, rejection, homesickness, defeat, dejection, insecurity, embarrassment, humiliation, insult Pity, sympathy Alarm, shock, fear, fright, horror, terror, panic, hysteria, mortification Anxiety, nervousness, tenseness, uneasiness, apprehension, worry, distress, dread

Sadness