Thread: "эмоциональные глаголы" (!)

Hi guys -
We've been given terribly difficult homework (I think ), i.e. come up with a list of "эмоциональные глаголы" - verbs that express feelings, that is.
Very hard stuff to look up, because:
A. We usually don't use verbs for that purpose, we say "I feel (something)" or "I am (something)". And it's hard to look up something when you don't have a word to start from
B. When I do find something, it usually has seven words in Russian and only one explanation in English (Danish is a bit better - I sometimes get two possibilities there )...... .... so I need a bit of help with nuances, please.....

Below is the list of what I've come up with so far..... I'd be thrilled to bits (how do you say that in Russian?! ) if I could get some example sentences, some "register"-explanations, and maybe some indication of which of them are активная лексика and which aren't (but bear in mind I'm an old trout over 40 ).
And maybe additions, verbs I've missed altogether...

Заранее огромные спасибочки!

PS: for Interlex-users: I have these as ILX-files, if you want them, let me know

веселиться - : to enjoy oneself, to have a good time
забавляться - : to amuse oneself
наслаждаться - насладиться : to take pleasure/delight (in)
развлекаться - развлечься : to have a good time, to amuse oneself


изумляться - изумиться : to be amazed; to be wonder-struck; to be dumbfounded
озадачивать - озадачить : to puzzle, to perplex
ошеломлять - ошеломить : to stun, to stupefy
поражаться - поразиться : to be surprised/astonished/thunderstruck
удивляться - удивиться : to wonder (at), to be astonished/amazed
(difficult series, this one )

горевать - : to grieve (for); to mourn (over)
огорчаться -огорчиться : to be pained; to grieve
оплакивать - оплакать : to mourn (over)

разочаровываться - разочароваться : to be disappointed
смущать - смутить : to confuse, to put out of countenance;to disturb, to trouble
смущаться - смутиться : to be confused, to be embarrassed, to be put out of countenance


обижаться - обидеться : to take offence, to feel hurt
оскорбляться - оскорбиться : to take offence; to feel insulted


веселеть - повеселеть : to cheer up, to become cheerful
радоваться - обрадоваться : to be glad/happy; to rejoice
порадоваться : to be happy for a while

трогаться - тронуться : to be moved/touched
умиляться - умилиться : to be touched/moved (by)


беспокоиться - : to worry (about), to be anxious/uneasy (about)
заботиться - позаботиться : to look after, to take care (of); to trouble about, to care for


отчаиваться - отчаяться : to despair (of)
теряться - потеряться : to be at a loss, to feel lost


завидовать - позавидовать : to envy
ревновать - : to be jealous

(Do you guys have a word for "friendly jealousy"? As in "I admire what you have/are, I wish I had/were that too"?)


любоваться - полюбоваться : to admire
восхищаться - восхититься : to admire, to be delighted (with)
увлекаться - увлечься : to admire greatly, to be carried away by; take a fancy to (smb)


жалеть - пожалеть : to be sorry for, to regret
ликовать - : to rejoice, to triumph, to exult
обожать - : to adore, to worship
очаровываться - очароваться : to be charmed, to be taken (with)
расхотеть : to cease to want
сомневаться : to doubt, to have one's doubts
сочувствовать - : to sympathize (with), to feel (for)
терпеть : to suffer, to endure; to have patience

Трогаться - 1) to set off 2) to go crazy (slang)
I can't imagine I'd use the word трогаться in a meaning to be touched. But I would say Я тронут (I'm touched)

умиляться - I saw a translation "to melt" - умиляться от жалости - to melt with pity
I really don't know whether it's applicable but the character of the word 'to melt' translates the meaning very vell (it's from the word милый - умиляться - становится милым - to become nice, sweet, agreeable, cute, lovable, etc)

теряться - there's also a word растеряться, от растерянность (синоним - замешательство) - perplexity, abashment.

Here's what multitran suggests for растеряться:
be all abroad; be lost; come in nowhere; lose courage; not to know if one is coming or going; not to know whether one is coming or going; feel abashed; lose head; choke up; to be at a loss; to be out of bearing; not know if one is on one's head or heels

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

(Do you guys have a word for "friendly jealousy"? As in "I admire what you have/are, I wish I had/were that too"?)

Not that I can think of. Of course you can say дружеская ревность but it sounds werid. Зависть, on the contrary can be белая or чёрная.

восхищатья - I think to marvel sounds more close.

увлекаться - it's about something that fascinates.
Я увлёкся вышивкой, я увлёкся рисованием, я увлёкся этой девушкой, etc.

The rest is correct. Good job.

поражаться - поразиться : also literally to be striken by something or somebody or someone's abilities, behavior, appearances and other.

These have the various and growing degree of meaning, as I see it:





удивляться - удивиться < изумляться - изумиться < поражаться - поразиться < быть ошеломлённым

Yaga, I'll tell you something interesting. Ошеломлять means literally to strike someone in his helmet (old Russian helmet is шлем or шелом) it's like to be contused by something.


оплакивать - оплакать also to keen

быть тронутым чем-либо - to be touched (when your heart's string is being touched by something)

тронуться, быть\стать тронутым - as Ralmil said - to turn crazy.

So if you wish not to confuse someone by the news that you are mad, then always carefully attach the detalis: Я очень\глубоко этим(вашими словами\действиями) тронут\тронута. I am very touched by this\your words\your behaviour.

It is a very good job indeed. And for me it was pleasure to think about all this rich variety of differenses.

Originally Posted by Ramil

восхищатья - I think to marvel sounds more close.

Мне до сих пор попадалось to admire, to marvel даже в пассиве не было. Теперь есть.)

завидовать - позавидовать : to envy, to be jealous
If I'm not mistaken, 'jealous' means also 'feeling angry and unhappy because someone has something that you wish you had' (= envious)

E.g.

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

You're just jealous.

Не думаю, что здесь это значит "Да ты просто ревнуешь!"

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

(Do you guys have a word for "friendly jealousy"? As in "I admire what you have/are, I wish I had/were that too"?)

I think it's just зависть.

Originally Posted by Leof

It is a very good job indeed.

И я, и я, и я того же мнения!
Надо будет и себе скопировать этот список.)

I have a few more. I'm not sure all of them meet your criteria, so just take what you like.

тосковать - to be sad/melancholy, to long for smth., to miss smth.
печалиться - be sad, to grieve (very close to "грустить", but more poetic. There is also an expression "светлая печаль")
грустить - to be sad (there's also a colloquial verb "взгрустнуться" - to feel "small" sadness or for a short time, even for a few moments: " Что-то мне взгрустнулось").
хандрить - (from the noun "хандра" - spleen) - to be depressed (not deeply or for the short period of time)
унывать - to lose heart (a common phrase is "не унывай!" - "cheer up!")
скорбеть - to mourn, to feel a deep sadness (after somebody's death for example). "Мы скорбим о вашей утрате" is a formal way of presenting your condolences.
сокрушаться - to be distressed, to regret about something gone wrong

волноваться/разолноваться - mostly "to worry", but can be translated depending on the context as "to be excited", "to be distressed", etc. Obviously it's from the noun "волна", and means literally that there's a storm in your soul, whether it's good or not.
тревожиться - to be anxious/uneasy/worried about something
нервничать/разнервничаться - to be nervous
переживать/распереживаться - to be upset about something, to worry (anticipating something not very good to happen)
расстраиваться/растроиться - to be (to get) upset

злиться/разозлиться - to be angry/to get angry
раздражаться - to get irritated/annoyed
негодовать - to be indignant with something
возмущаться/возмутиться - to be indignant/outraged
гневаться/разгневаться - to be angry/exasperated/outraged

восторгаться - to feel delight, extacy
торжествовать - to exult, to feel triumphant
злорадствовать - to gloat

скучать/заскучать - to get bored
успокаиваться/успокоиться - to calm down
мрачнеть/помрачнеть - to become gloomy, to darken
надуваться/надуться (colloquial) - to sulk (often about kids)
предвкушать - to anticipate something nice, to be eager for it
стыдиться/застыдиться - to be ashamed
привязываться/привязаться - to become attached to somebody/something, to feel affection
упрямиться/заупрямиться - to be obstinate, to persist
гордиться/загордиться, возгордиться - to be proud (thr first one is neutral, the others are negative)
ужасаться/ужаснуться - to be horrified
недоумевать - to be puzzled/perplexed/at a loss
бодриться - to try to keep your spirits up
храбриться - to summon up courage or to pretend not to be afraid
ненавидеть/возненавидеть - to hate

беспокоиться - to worry (about), to be anxious/uneasy (about)
бодриться - to try to keep your spirits up

веселеть - повеселеть : to cheer up, to become cheerful, веселиться - to enjoy oneself, to have a good time
взбеситься - беситься : to get rage, furious
возмущаться - возмутиться : to be indignant/outraged
волноваться - разолноваться : mostly "to worry", but can be translated depending on the context as "to be excited", "to be distressed", etc. Obviously it's from the noun "волна", and means literally that there's a storm in your soul, whether it's good or not.
восторгаться - to feel delight, extacy
восхищаться - восхититься : to admire, to be delighted (with), to marvel sounds more close.
всполошить - всполошиться, переполошить - переполошиться : to make disorder and chaos and dash\to behave chaotic and dashing

гневаться - разгневаться : to be angry/exasperated/outraged
гордиться - загордиться - возгордиться : to be proud (thr first one is neutral, the others are negative)
горевать: to grieve (for); to mourn (over)
грустить - to be sad (there's also a colloquial verb "взгрустнуться" - to feel "small" sadness or for a short time, even for a few moments: " Что-то мне взгрустнулось").

досадовать на что-либо : blame someone or something

жалеть - пожалеть : to be sorry for, to regret

забавляться - : to amuse oneself
заботиться - позаботиться: to look after, to take care (of); to trouble about, to care for
завидовать - позавидовать : to envy
злиться - разозлиться : to be angry/to get angry
злорадствовать - to gloat

изумляться - изумиться : to be amazed; to be wonder-struck; to be dumbfounded

ликовать - : to rejoice, to triumph, to exult
любоваться - полюбоваться : to admire

мрачнеть - помрачнеть : to become gloomy, to darken

надуваться - надуться (colloquial): to sulk (often about kids)
наслаждаться - насладиться : to take pleasure/delight (in)
негодовать - to be indignant with something
недоумевать - to be puzzled/perplexed/at a loss
ненавидеть - возненавидеть : to hate
нервничать - разнервничаться : to be nervous

обижаться - обидеться : to take offence, to feel hurt
обожать : to adore, to worship
огорчаться - огорчиться : to be pained; to grieve
озадачивать - озадачить : to puzzle, to perplex
озвереть - to get wild of fury
оплакивать - оплакать : to mourn (over), also to keen
оскорбляться - оскорбиться : to take offence; to feel insulted
остервенеть - остервениться, рассвирепеть, разъяриться : to get furious, violent
отчаиваться - отчаяться : to despair (of)
очаровываться - очароваться : to be charmed, to be taken (with)
ошеломлять - ошеломить : to stun, to stupefy

переживать - распереживаться : to be upset about something, to worry (anticipating something not very good to happen)
печалиться - be sad, to grieve (very close to "грустить", but more poetic. There is also an expression "светлая печаль")
поражаться - поразиться : to be surprised/astonished/thunderstruck, also literally to be striken by something or somebody or someone's abilities, behavior, appearances and other.
предвкушать - to anticipate something nice, to be eager for it
привязываться - привязаться : to become attached to somebody/something, to feel affection
приободриться - to feel cheerful after being sad

радоваться - обрадоваться : to be glad/happy; to rejoice, порадоваться : to be happy for a while
развлекаться - развлечься : to have a good time, to amuse oneself
раздражаться - to get irritated/annoyed
разжалобить - to make someone pitty you
разочаровываться - разочароваться : to be disappointed
расстраиваться - расстроиться : to be (to get) upset
растеряться - от растерянность (синоним - замешательство) - perplexity, abashment. Be all abroad; be lost; come in nowhere; lose courage; not to know if one is coming or going; not to know whether one is coming or going; feel abashed; lose head; choke up; to be at a loss; to be out of bearing; not know if one is on one's head or heels
растрогаться - растрогать : to become touched / to make someone touched
расхотеть: to cease to want
ревновать: to be jealous

скорбеть - to mourn, to feel a deep sadness (after somebody's death for example). "Мы скорбим о вашей утрате" is a formal way of presenting your condolences.
скучать - заскучать : to get bored
смущать - смутить : to confuse, to put out of countenance; to disturb, to trouble, смущаться - смутиться : to be confused, to be embarrassed, to be put out of countenance
сокрушаться: to be distressed, to regret about something gone wrong
сомневаться: to doubt, to have one's doubts
сопереживать = сочувствовать - to sympathize (with), to feel (for)
сочувствовать: to sympathize (with), to feel (for)
стыдиться - застыдиться : to be ashamed

терпеть: to suffer, to endure; to have patience
теряться - потеряться : to be at a loss, to feel lost.
торжествовать - to exult, to feel triumphant
тосковать - to be sad/melancholy, to long for smth., to miss smth.
тревожиться - to be anxious/uneasy/worried about something
трогаться - 1) to set off 2) to go crazy (slang). I can't imagine I'd use the word трогаться in a meaning to be touched. But I would say Я тронут (I'm touched), трогаться - тронуться : to be moved/touched. Быть тронутым чем-либо - to be touched (when your heart's string is being touched by something) Я очень\глубоко этим(вашими словами/действиями) тронут / тронута. I am very touched by this/your words/your behaviour. Тронуться, быть / стать тронутым - to turn crazy.

увериться - уверять : to become sure\ to assure
увлекаться - увлечься : to admire greatly, to be carried away by; take a fancy to (smb), it's about something that fascinates. Я увлёкся вышивкой, я увлёкся рисованием, я увлёкся этой девушкой, etc.
удивляться - удивиться : to wonder (at), to be astonished/amazed
удостовериться = убедиться - to get proof, to be sure, удостоверять, убедить - убеждать : to make proof, to make sure
ужасаться - ужаснуться : to be horrified
умиляться - умилиться : to be touched/moved (by). I saw a translation "to melt" - умиляться от жалости - to melt with pity. I really don't know whether it's applicable but the character of the word 'to melt' translates the meaning very vell (it's from the word милый - умиляться - становится милым - to become nice, sweet, agreeable, cute, lovable, etc)
унывать - to lose heart (a common phrase is "Не унывай!" - "Сheer up!")
упрямиться - заупрямиться : to be obstinate, to persist
успокаиваться - успокоиться : to calm down

хандрить - (from the noun "хандра" - spleen) - to be depressed (not deeply or for the short period of time)
храбриться - to summon up courage or to pretend not to be afraid

An interesting article about emotional verbs, comparing English and Russian: http://philologos.narod.ru/ling/wierz_rl/rl2.htm
(in Russian)

Thanks for this thread. I copied these lists and I'm going to try to incorporate these verbs in my speech more.

Originally Posted by Ramil

Трогаться - 1) to set off 2) to go crazy (slang)
I can't imagine I'd use the word трогаться in a meaning to be touched. But I would say Я тронут (I'm touched)

What about косаться.

Молодую пару коснулась любовь?

You guys are just PURE GOLD!! Thank you!!

Ramil and Leof: thanks for the ethymological tidbits - that makes it so much easier to understand the underlying meaning of the word!

Originally Posted by Ramil

Трогаться - 1) to set off 2) to go crazy (slang)

Hmm - both "to set off" and "to go crazy" have several, very different meanings in English - could you give a bit of context, please?

Originally Posted by Ramil

Зависть, on the contrary can be белая or чёрная.

Oh OK, I see. Very poetic!

Originally Posted by Leof

удивляться - удивиться < изумляться - изумиться < поражаться - поразиться < быть ошеломлённым

*LOL* - pretty clear now, thanks!
But is it only a question of intensity of emotion, or is there also a positive/negative side?
(F.ex.:
"I was absolutely stunned by the beauty of his voice" (positive)
"I have always learned that 1+1=2, and now this famous professor says that 1+1=3?!?! I'm gobsmacked!" (not positive, not negative, just WTF?!)
"When I came home from work, our house had disappeared! I was thunderstruck!" (negative - not a very nice surprise..... )

Originally Posted by Leof

So if you wish not to confuse someone by the news that you are mad,

But I am..... or so my friends say..... especially since I started learning Russian..... and when I go over this thread, I'm beginning to think they may be right....

....then always carefully attach the detalis: Я очень\глубоко этим(вашими словами\действиями) тронут\тронута. I am very touched by this\your words\your behaviour.

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind

Originally Posted by Zaya

If I'm not mistaken, 'jealous' means also 'feeling angry and unhappy because someone has something that you wish you had' (= envious)

Yes, but not always - envy is always nasty ("You have something, I want it, or else you can't have it either "); jealousy is not always angry: "You're going on holidays? Aaaaah, I'm jealous!" (="It's great for you that you're going on holiday, and I hope you'll enjoy it! I just wish I could go on holiday too."))

gRomoZeka, Lampada and Лёва – thanks for the additions! Wow, have I got work to do!!!!


I'm going to add yours on to my original list, try to sort them as well as I can, and then come back to youse with more questions, if that's ok…..
I thinks these verbs are pretty important – it's probably close to impossible to have good communication with people if you can't express what you feel…..

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

Ramil and Leof: thanks for the ethymological tidbits - that makes it so much easier to understand the underlying meaning of the word!

As far as your thank you was left both for me and Ramil, I'll take my Lion's deal (Львиную долю) and answer my part:

....луйста! Now Ramil should say his Пожа.

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

Originally Posted by Leof

удивляться - удивиться < изумляться - изумиться < поражаться - поразиться < быть ошеломлённым

*LOL* - pretty clear now, thanks!
But is it only a question of intensity of emotion, or is there also a positive/negative side?
(F.ex.:
"I was absolutely stunned by the beauty of his voice" (positive)
"I have always learned that 1+1=2, and now this famous professor says that 1+1=3?!?! I'm gobsmacked!" (not positive, not negative, just WTF?!)
"When I came home from work, our house had disappeared! I was thunderstruck!" (negative - not a very nice surprise..... )

All this words itself do not bear positive or negative meaning. They show the degree of your astonishment. Though they demand context. Especially the word удивляться - it is so much neutral, that if you have to give it negative meaning you better say Я была неприятно удивлена - I was astonished without pleasure something like this, I think.

In my view these words change their degree in this order, though context, inflection, your face and gestures always can turn a fly into an elefant and backwards.

Я просто в шоке

Я просто в шоке!

You see, yuor face means a lot when you say I am shoked in different ways.

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

gRomoZeka, Lampada and Лёва – thanks for the additions! Wow, have I got work to do!!!!

Беру свой кусочек с коровий носочек.
.......ста!

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

I'm going to add yours on to my original list, try to sort them as well as I can, and then come back to youse with more questions, if that's ok…..
I thinks these verbs are pretty important – it's probably close to impossible to have good communication with people if you can't express what you feel…..

I am sure we all are waiting for it impatiently. It's a very creative exercise to do.

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

Originally Posted by Zaya

If I'm not mistaken, 'jealous' means also 'feeling angry and unhappy because someone has something that you wish you had' (= envious)

Yes, but not always - envy is always nasty ("You have something, I want it, or else you can't have it either "); jealousy is not always angry: "You're going on holidays? Aaaaah, I'm jealous!" (="It's great for you that you're going on holiday, and I hope you'll enjoy it! I just wish I could go on holiday too."))

Спасибо за полезную информацию!
В "великом и могучем" мы зачастую обходимся одним "завидую")), которое может значить и первое, и второе. Что имел в виду человек, определяем по контексту, выражению лица, интонации.) Если же хотят убрать двусмысленность, говорят "завидовать чёрной завистью" или "завидовать белой завистью".

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Originally Posted by Ramil

Трогаться - 1) to set off 2) to go crazy (slang)
I can't imagine I'd use the word трогаться in a meaning to be touched. But I would say Я тронут (I'm touched)

What about касаться?

Молодой пары (Р.п.) коснулась любовь?

you're right Dogboy.

касаться is similar with трогать - to touch.
that's why the pairs to touch\touched and трогать\тронутый are similar.

Originally Posted by Leof

I am sure we all are waiting for it impatiently. It's a very creative exercise to do.

Haha – just wait till I've finished asking all my questions! lol I'll need a looooooot of help on this one

I was astonished without pleasure.

Mmmmwwwwwmmm….. you can't really say that. You can say: "I was unpleasantly surpised", which is negative, but not with great emotion. I'd be "thunderstruck" if our house had suddenly disappeared!!!
And "astonished" doesn't really carry an emotion, it's surprise, but rather neutral.

But you're right, body language and intonation will always be a very, very important part of speech.



Alright, as for the list of verbs:активная или Пассивная лексика? I have looked them all up in Nicholas Brown's dictionary"Russian – 10000 words in frequency order" (the 10000 most used words in Russian, most used "и" on nr 1 , least used "ярый" on nr 10000). I thought I might study the most important ones first (as it will take me ages to remember them all….. )

Here's what the book said:

TOP 100 of эмоциональные глаголы
Cast your vote, ladies and gentlemen!


ranking –verb - translation



1400 - жалеть - пожалеть : to be sorry for, to regret
1535 - беспокоиться - : to worry (about), to be anxious/uneasy (about)
2174 - сомневаться : to doubt, to have one's doubts
2183 - успокаиваться - успокоиться : to calm down
2294 - терпеть : to suffer, to endure; to have patience
2477 - обижаться - обидеться : to take offence, to feel hurt
2528 - переживать - пережить : to be upset about something, to worry (anticipating something not very good to happen)
2546 - удивляться - удивиться : to wonder (at), to be astonished/amazed
2818 - любоваться - полюбоваться : to admire
3020 - заботиться - позаботиться : to look after, to take care (of); to trouble about, to care for
3021 - завидовать - позавидовать : to envy
3123 - поражаться - поразиться : to be surprised/astonished/thunderstruck
3527 - теряться - потеряться : to be at a loss, to feel lost
3546 - гордиться - : be proud (of), take* pride (in);
3594 - радоваться - обрадоваться : to be glad/happy; to rejoice
3926 - увлекаться - увлечься : to admire greatly, to be carried away; take a fancy to or be keen on (smb or st)
4013 - убеждаться - убедиться : to be sure, to be convinced; to convince oneself
4498 - выражаться - выразиться : to express oneself
4704 - нервничать - : to be nervous
4885 - скучать - : be bored, have a tedious time
5047 - ревновать - : to be jealous
5062 - стыдиться - : be ashamed
5433 - сочувствовать - : to sympathize (with), to feel (for)
5639 - смущаться - смутиться : to be confused, to be embarrassed, to be put out of countenance
5900 - тосковать - : be sad / melancholy ;to long for smth.,
6044 - огорчаться - огорчиться : to be pained; to grieve
6248 - злиться - разозлиться : to be angry/to get angry
6395 - расстраиваться - расстроиться : be upse); be disappointed ; to fall apart
6437 - уверяться - увериться : be convinced (of)
6804 - веселиться - : to enjoy oneself, to have a good time
6937 - обожать - : to adore, to worship
7020 - привязываться - привязаться (к) : become / be attached (to smb)
7046 - раздражаться - раздражиться : to get irritated/annoyed
7213 - высказываться - высказаться : to speak, to express one's opinion, to have one's say
7222 - горевать - : to grieve (for); to mourn (over)
7332 - наслаждаться - насладиться : to take (physical) pleasure/delight (in)
7366 - оскорбляться - оскорбиться : to take offence; to feel insulted
7608 - восхищаться - восхититься : to admire, to be delighted (with)
7935 - смущать - смутить : to confuse, to embarras;to disturb, to trouble
7969 - (трогаться ) - тронуться : to be moved/touched
8084 - возмущаться - возмутиться : to be indignant/outraged
8533 - восторгаться - : to feel delight, extacy
8804 - сов. - порадоваться : to be happy for a while
8970 - тревожиться - встревожиться : to be anxious/uneasy/worried about something
9082 - веселеть - повеселеть : to cheer up, to become cheerful
9637 - торжествовать - : to triumph (over), to be triumphant ; to exult
9822 - ликовать - : to rejoice, to triumph, to exult
9870 - ошеломлять - ошеломить : to stun, to stupefy



Now, the following verbs were NOT in the book, but the rating is that of a related word (noun or adjective)

2871z - мрачнеть - помрачнеть : to become gloomy, to darken
3941z - грустить - : to be sad/melancholy; to yearn (for)
3981z - отчаиваться - отчаяться : to despair (of)
4855z - печалиться - опечалиться : be sad, to grieve
5618z - разочаровываться - разочароваться : to be disappointed
5719z - гневаться - разгневаться : to be angry/exasperated/outraged
5739z - забавляться - : to amuse oneself
6031z - негодовать - : to be indignant
6447z - упрямиться - заупрямиться : to be obstinate, to persist
6553z - изумляться - изумиться : to be amazed; to be wonder-struck; to be dumbfounded
6762z - храбриться - : pretend to be brave, try not to appear afraid; summon up courage
7045z - развлекаться - развлечься : to have a good time, to amuse oneself
7485z - скорбеть - : grieve (about, over), mourn for
8989z - унывать - : to lose heart, to be dejected / depressed



And finally, these verbs were not in the list at all, so they are regarded by Mr Brown to be totally Пассивная лексика

беситься - взбеситься : fly* into a rage, get* furious
бодриться - : try to keep one's spirits up
волноваться - взволноваться : be agitated, be in agitation
звереть - озвереть : get* into a violent fury ; to go berserk
злорадствовать - : to gloat; to rejoice at the misfortunes of others
надуваться - надуться : (colloquial) - to sulk (often about kids)
озадачивать - озадачить : to puzzle, to perplex
оплакивать - оплакать : to mourn (over)
очаровываться - очароваться : to be charmed, to be taken (with)
предвкушать - предвкусить : look forward (to), anticipate (with pleasure) (
приободряться - приободриться : to feel cheerful after being sad ; to cheer up
разволноваться - : get excited / agitated
разъяряться - разъяриться : get* into a violent fury
расхотеть : to cease to want
сокрушаться - : be distressed;to regret about something gone wrong
сопереживать - : to sympathize (with), to feel (for)
стервенеть - остервенеть : (coll.) become* furious, get* mad
ужасаться - ужаснуться : be terrified / horrified
умиляться - умилиться : to be touched/moved (by)
хандрить - захандрить : to be depressed (not deeply or for a short period of time) , have the blues
- возгордиться : to get conceited
- всполошиться : to startled, to be alarmed, dashing around in alarm
- загордиться : become stuck up; be sniffy
- заскучать : be bored; to feel miserable; to have the blues
- застыдиться : (coll.) become confused; blush with shame
- недоумевать : be puzzled, be perplexed
- переполошиться : to startled, to be alarmed, dashing around in alarm
- разжалобиться : be moved to pity
- разнервничаться : become nervous
- рассвирепеть : become* furious, get* into a rage
- растрогаться : be (deeply) moved / touched




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So – what say the natives? Is it more or less right? Or which of these words do you think are absolutely necessary for a poor foreigner to know?

First of all, my dear, it's пассивная and not рассивная.

пережить also means undergo, underlive (if that word does really exist)
скучать по кому-либо is similar with тосковать по кому-\чему-либо
I miss you - Я скучаю по тебе
I am bored alone - Один я скучаю.

Does it have any evident differense for you?

опечалиться - to become sad, not just to be sad.

They all are right from where I look at them.

I think they all are useful, I doubt about eleven verbs:

мрачнеть
негодовать
скорбеть
унывать
бодриться
стервенеть

the next think that they changed their hats (prefix) and nobody will recognize them, but they are just the same as

загордиться
заскучать
застыдиться
опечалиться
рассвирепеть

the prefix means to become, to get while the root means the same with гордиться, скучать and other.

И никогда не забывайте, что батарея и трахея - это деепричастия

aha, one more thing:

8533 - восторгаться - : to feel delight, extacy

быть в восторге, приходить в восторг - to feel delight, extacy
восторгаться usually stands with кем-либо, чем-либо

By the way, it's not too much useful too. It's a bit too pathetic.

First about the list #1:

all verbs seem rather important to me, except "теряться - потеряться" (it isn't used that often, "растеряться" is much more common).

"уверяться - увериться" is also can be almost always replaced with more common and universal (imho) "yбеждаться - убедиться".

"Горевать" is a very strong verb, I think it's place is in the passive list, since there are very few occasions when you can use it (and all are very sad ones). Also when used in the first person it sounds awkward a bit ("Я горюю").

The same with "ликовать". Unless you're a world recordsman talking about an exultant crowd of your fans, or perpetually excited 16-year girl, I don't think you'll have a chance to use it often. (It may be said to some extent about the verbs "восторгаться" and "восхищаться" too).


List #2:

I think,"храбриться" needs to go to the "passive" list, "разгневаться", "негодовать" and "скорбеть" are a bit bookish, but ok. The other verbs on the contrary are very popular and used often in everyday converstions. Some of them you'll hear constantly.

The third list is the hardest.

Some of these verbs are very common, some are not, but mostly it depends on the person you talk to and his/her personal vocabulary. I'd say the verbs "стервенеть" "хандрить", "звереть" should stay in the passive, while "заскучать", "волноваться", etc. must be in the active list. But again, it's a matter of personal preference.

Originally Posted by Leof

First of all, my dear, it's пассивная and not рассивная.

Oh God's Fish, God's Fish, God's Fish..... I've really been working too hard today!!!!!!!

I think I'll get back to you on these tomorrow, when my brain is functioning properly again.....

Originally Posted by Ramil

И никогда не забывайте, что батарея и трахея - это деепричастия

From the verbs "батарить-батахнуть" and "трахавывать - трахлять"?


Funny, I didn't realize they were эмоциональные глаголы...... :P