03-10-2010, 11:25 AM
Peregrinus, I spent about half an hour going down your list, filling out the opposites for each emotion. But then I gave up when I realized my mental dictionary just isn't big enough!
Individual emotions are like fine strings. Although we may have a label for a few of them bundled together, many of the emotions on your list are subtle and delicate, and their opposites may not have names. Also, emotions flow together, so one emotion and its opposite could be defined many different ways. Likewise, one word could be used to describe a range of emotions.
Failing the list, I would simply suggest that the opposite of Fear is Love. (Anger being a mixture of Hatred and Fear.)
Individual emotions are like fine strings. Although we may have a label for a few of them bundled together, many of the emotions on your list are subtle and delicate, and their opposites may not have names. Also, emotions flow together, so one emotion and its opposite could be defined many different ways. Likewise, one word could be used to describe a range of emotions.
Failing the list, I would simply suggest that the opposite of Fear is Love. (Anger being a mixture of Hatred and Fear.)