100 Words For Facial Expressions

100 Words for Facial Expressions

Absent: preoccupied

Agonized: as if in pain or tormented

Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire

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

Beatific: see blissful

Bilious: ill-natured

Black: angry or sad, or see hostile

Bleak: see grim and hopeless

Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern

Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment

Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent

Brooding: see anxious and gloomy

Bug eyed: frightened or surprised

Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed

 Cheeky: cocky, insolent

Cheerless: sad

Choleric: hot-tempered, irate

Coy: flirtily playful, or evasive

Crestfallen: see despondent

Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings

Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor

Dejected: see despondent

Derisive: see sardonic

Despondent: depressed or discouraged

Doleful: sad or afflicted

Dour: stern or obstinate; see also despondent

Downcast: see despondent

Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing

Ecstatic: delighted or entranced

Etched: see fixed

Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible

Fixed: concentrated or immobile

Furtive: stealthy

Gazing: staring intently

Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive

Glaring: see hostile

Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion

Gloomy: see despondent and sullen

Glowering: annoyed or angry

Glowing: see radiant

Grim: see despondent; also, fatalistic or pessimistic

Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness

Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty

Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism

Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant

Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit

Impassive: see deadpan

Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable

Jeering: insulting or mocking

Languid: lazy or weak

Leering: see meaningful; also, sexually suggestive

Meaningful: to convey an implicit connotation or shared secret

Mild: easygoing

Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful

Moody: see sullen

Pained: affected with discomfort or pain

Pallid: see wan

Peering: with curiosity or suspicion

Peeved: annoyed

Petulant: see cheeky and peeved

Pitying: sympathetic

Pleading: seeking apology or assistance

Pouting: see sullen

Quizzical: questioning or confused

Radiant: bright, happy

Roguish: see mischievous

Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident

Sardonic: mocking

Scornful: contemptuous or mocking

Scowling: displeased or threatening

Searching: curious or suspicious

Set: seefixed

Shamefaced: ashamed or bashful

Slack-jawed: dumbfounded or surprised

Sly: cunning; see also furtive and mischievous

Snarling: surly

Sneering: see scornful

Somber: see grave

Sour: unpleasant

Stolid: inexpressive

Straight-faced: see deadpan

Sulky: see sullen

Sullen: resentful

Taunting: see jeering

Taut: high-strung

Tense: see taut

Tight: see pained and taut

Unblinking: see fixed

Vacant: blank or stupid looking

Veiled: see inscrutable

Wan: pale, sickly; see also faint

Wary: cautious or cunning

Wide eyed: frightened or surprised

Wild eyed: excited, frightened, or stressful

Wistful: yearning or sadly thoughtful

 Withering: devastating; see also wrathful

Woeful: full of grief or lamentation

Wolfish: see leeringand mischievous

Wrathful: indignant or vengeful

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