12 POWERFUL NOUNS THAT UPGRADE YOUR ENGLISH

Hi there. This is Harry. And welcome back  to Advanced English Lessons with Harry,  

where I try to help you to get a better  understanding of the English language. In  

this particular lesson, we're going to look  at advanced nouns relating to emotions and  

feelings. So we've got 12 in this particular  case. And I'll go through them one by one,  

give you an example of what they  mean and how you can use them.

Okay, let's go through them one by one and try  and explain them to you and give you an example.

Agitation. Well, when somebody is agitated,  

they usually anxious. There's a sign of anxiety  about something. They are sitting there,

moving their hands and getting up, sitting down,  getting up again. They're agitated for some  

reason. There's some excitement. Maybe they're  agitated because they're waiting to get that  

letter, telling them about the promotion. Maybe  they're agitated because they're waiting to see.

Have they had their offer for that house accepted?  These are all reasons why people would be anxious,  

showing signs of anxiety or agitate. So that sign  of agitation, there was a sign of agitation in his  

voice when he picked up the phone. Yes. Who  is it? Yeah, he was agitated because he was  

waiting for that all important call to tell him  that his offer for the house had been accepted.

Agitation

Boastfulness. Well, when somebody  is boastful, they're talking about  

something in a better light, that they are  much better and greater than anybody else.

So when somebody is full of  boastfulness, it's full of

this pride about

how many sales they were able to capture  this month, how great their car is,  

how big the bank balances, how wonderful  the holiday was so full of boastfulness.

Okay, so this really annoys people and certainly  

annoys me. And most people don't  like people who are boastful. Who

are there just to tell other people how good they  

happen to be much better. Being humble  and full of humility. So Boastfulness

Infatuation. Well, infatuation is usually  a short term love affair about something.  

Okay? Infatuated with the girl in  the office, even though he knows,

He's never going to be able to ask her out because  in fact, she's got a boyfriend or she's married,  

but he just is infatuated. But it's  short term and he leave the office,  

or she leave the office and then the  infatuation will disappear. So when  

somebody is in fact you waited, it's usually  something that lasts over a short term.

It's just something that they can't get  

out of their minds that they  they think about that of the.

dream about that all the time. An infatuation.

Humiliation.

Well, we can all feel humiliated at times. You  know, when somebody humiliates us deliberately  

in front of other people so they, you know, they  say something, they mock what you're wearing,  

they mock the work you're doing. They they mock  you openly in front of your colleagues. This is  

all about humiliation. Or perhaps you haven't  been as successful in the job as he or she has.

And they say it

causing you deep humiliation. Okay, the boss comes  out of his office and he slams the file down in  

front of you, and everybody looks around and the  boss really rips into you because you didn't like  

the report, or we'd lost the account, or  you didn't do what you'd promised to do.

And you're sitting there looking at him,  thinking, oh my God, I wish the ground would  

open up and swallow me here. Everybody's looking  around. I mean, as soon as the boss goes away,  

they all turn around sheepishly, sheepishly,  I should say sheepishly. And they they don't  

look at you in the eyes because, yeah, they can  feel the humiliation that you have suffered.

Humiliation.

Indignation. Well, when somebody is full of  indignation, they're really angry. They're  

really annoyed that something has happened.  Perhaps there's they are full of indignation  

because they they got a letter from the council  telling them that they're going to take some  

land from the front of all the houses on  the street. It's going to be a compulsory  

purchase order because they have to widen  the road, because the road is too narrow.

So when you get the letter, you slam it  down on the table. Look at it. This is  

preposterous. This is absolutely. I mean,  how can we just sit here and take it? I'm  

going to get on to my solicitor and see what  we can do. We're going to stop this happening.  

So full of indignation, full of anger,  full of threats, we really worried, but

getting very, very upset about the letter  

that arrived from the local  council full of indignation.

Sorrow, sorrow is that feeling of sadness.  Yes. We feel sorrow when something won't work.

We feel sorrow when we lose somebody, nearest  and dearest to us. We feel deep sorrow when our  

pet dog has to be put down. Because they've  got to that age when they're just not able  

to get around anymore. So a feeling of sorrow,  a feeling of sadness that something inevitable  

has happened. Something has happened. Some news  we've got that gives us that feeling of sorrow,

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Empathy. Well, this is a wonderful  feeling to have. We should all show  

empathy to people who have some problem.  Yeah, we show empathy to people who are  

less well off than we are. We show  empathy to refugees who have to take  

refuge in our country because of war in  their own country. Yeah. So we are very

conscious of the problems they  have, and we want to show empathy

By helping them out in any way that we can. So  we show empathy for those people who are less  

well-off than we are. So we show them  kindness. We show them an open heart,  

we show them love, and we give them and offer  them help, empathy. And we empathise with them.

For the loss that they have suffered, and  that we hope that they would be able to get  

back to their own country soon. So empathy,  a feeling of understanding, a feeling of,

wishing to help, to help them through that  difficult situation that they are facing. Empathy.

Adoration. Well, adoration is all  about adoring something we can,

have adoration for.

our boss. You know, we've worked with him  for 20 years, and he's been a kind boss.  

He's been a helpful boss. He's developed  the company. He's developed your career,  

and you're full of adoration for him because, you

he really is a great guy. But unfortunately, he's  announced that he's going to retire next year,  

and everybody's going to be  really sad to see him go.

And everybody's going to be wondering who's  going to replace. And there'll be nothing  

like Bill. No one can replace Bill. Bill was  amazing, so everybody's full of adoration for  

Bill because he was there when they needed  him. He was always kind and generous, but,

he was a fair man and he got the work  done. So, you know, we we adore him.

We are full of admiration for the work that he has  

put in to leave the company  and the way it's adoration.

Fury.

Fury is a deep anger. Yes. He he was wild  with fury. Yeah. His eyes were burning red  

with fury. So he was really annoyed.  Really, really aggressive. Something  

was wrong. So somebody crashed into the  back of his car and he jumped out and his  

eyes were wild with fury when he marched up  to the other car. So what do you think you do?

Look what you've done to my car. You've  destroyed it. This is going to cost  

thousands to repair. So you could hear the  fury in his voice. The anger was there,  

the fires were burning and the other person on  the other car was pretty scared. Yeah. So Fury.

Gratitude. Well, when we have a feeling  of gratitude, we are grateful. We are  

thankful for what somebody has done for  us. Yeah. So somebody could have been very  

generous and lent you money when you really  needed it. So you were full of gratitude,  

full of thanks. And you're constantly saying, Ah,  look, I'm really, really appreciate what you did.

Nobody else would have done that for me. You show  your gratitude. Perhaps you buy them a present.  

Yeah. So you do something to as a sign of your  gratitude for them helping you out of a little  

bit of a hole. Okay, so the gratitude that we  show to our workers when they work an extra  

bit harder than they normally should to get the  proposal done so that we could stand the chance  

of winning the new contract. You would show  your gratitude to them in an appropriate way.

A little bit of a bonus, whatever it might  be a free lunch, whatever it takes to show  

and demonstrate that you're happy and grateful  and thankful for what they have done. Gratitude.

Irritation. Well, when something irritates us,  

it annoys us. It's like somebody  sitting beside you and constantly

poking you. Poke poke poke.

That's irritating. Or somebody who has a

Squeaky voice.

or somebody who constantly drums their fingers  on the table. That would be irritating. So  

irritation is a feeling we get when there's  something happened that we just don't like.

We get irritated because

The postman never drops the  letters into the letter box,  

you just throws them on the mat at the  door. It doesn't care. We are full of.

Irritation because the delivery never comes  on time. The guy from the supermarket said  

he'd be here between 7 and 8. It's  830 and you're hoping to go out,  

so you're really irritated that  he hasn't arrived yet. You don't  

want to leave the food sitting outside, so  you're irritated. Irritated means annoyed.

And then finally remorse. Remorse is that  deep feeling of sadness for something that  

we have done. We feel remorse because we didn't  help somebody when they really needed it. And  

now it's too late. We feel remorse because we  did something that perhaps wasn't the nicest  

thing to do, and at the time we felt we had  no choice. But now we are full of remorse,  

full of sadness that we feel we could  have done things a little bit better.

Yeah. So we are remorseful when perhaps we said  something to a close friend. We had a bit of an  

argument and the friend has gone off and you  haven't spoken to them for 3 or 4 days, and  

you wake up in the night thinking, oh, what did  I do that for? It was only just a bit of a joke.

Yeah. So you're really full  of remorse. So you promise,

to the next morning to ring him or her, or  send them a text and say, look, I'm really,  

really sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.  It just came out at. Please forgive me. And, you  

know, you're really feeling guilty. So remorse.  Is that feeling. You want to make things better?

You want to put things right. You  want to say sorry to the people  

that you have offended or affected in the  biggest way. Okay? So remorse. Remorse.

Okay. So let me give you those words  again. I said there are 12 of them.  

Just be careful on the pronunciation agitation.  Boastfulness infatuation, usually with somebody  

Fury. Gratitude. Indignation. Irritation.  Empathy. To feel empathy. Empathise with  

somebody. Adoration to adore. Adoration.  Sorrow. Humiliation, and then finally remorse.

Okay, so they're all advanced nouns, all  dealing with feelings and emotions that

quite a number of them there. You won't  remember them all. You know the drill by  

now. Try to practice them. Try to put them  into sentences. Have you have a problem?

Come back and I give you some more examples  where we can probably help. As always,  

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