emotional range
Breadth of feelings
Emotional range is the spectrum of feelings a person can experience or express.
Someone with wide emotional range moves fluidly between joy, grief, anger, and tenderness; someone with narrow range stays in a limited zone.
The term appears often in acting, where emotional range separates compelling performers from flat ones: The role demands serious emotional range.
It also describes people generally: He has the emotional range of a teaspoon.
- depthDistance below surface
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- full spectrumIncluding all variations
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- feelingSensed inner state
deep feelings · inner life · intensity · nuance · sensitivity · breadth · mood · mood swings · temperament · versatility · volatility · roller coaster · passion · tear jerker · empathy · heart on sleeve · complexity · vulnerability
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
- characterizationprotagonist, trait, antagonist, hero, villain
- acting termsmethod acting, overacting, character voice, dialogue, body language
- stage presencepresence, charisma, confidence, poise, composure
- character traitspersonality, virtue, temperament, honor, disposition
- Auditionscold read, sides, headshot, tryout, tryouts
emotional rangestoicism
Uncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
emotional numbness · apathy · emotional detachment · numbness · anhedonia
emotional rangestoicism
Uncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
impassivity · poker face · emotional numbness · inscrutability · composure
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