emotional expressions
Outward mood signs
Emotional expressions are outward displays of inner feeling—facial movements, vocal changes, gestures, or body language that communicate emotional states.
A smile, a furrowed brow, a trembling voice, clenched fists.
The phrase appears in psychology and everyday speech to describe how emotions become visible to others: Reading emotional expressions is a key social skill.
Her emotional expressions were hard to interpret.
- smilePleased facial expression
- grimaceTwisted expression of displeasure
- smirkPleased, superior smile
- poutSulky facial expression
- sneerScornful expression
gasp · glare · frown · scowl · death stare · shrugging · sob · ugly cry · blush · clenched fists · grin · contempt · clenched jaw · beam · sigh · yelling · symbolic gestures · moan
- heart phraseslove quotes, heartfelt words, heartstrings
expressiveness
emotional expressionspoker face
Intentionally expressionless look
stoicism · blank expression · impassivity · deadpan · flat affect