reading emotions
Sensing others' moods
Reading emotions is perceiving how someone feels through facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, or other cues.
The skill varies widely—some people read emotions intuitively while others struggle to interpret even obvious signals.
She's good at reading emotions, so she knew something was wrong before I said anything.
The phrase often appears in discussions of empathy, autism, or social intelligence.
- empathySharing another's emotions
- facial expressionsVisible emotional displays
- body languageUnspoken physical expression
- eye contactDirect visual connection
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
gut feeling · tone · microexpressions · feelings · sensing · picking up on · perceiving · understanding · social cues · cues · nonverbal · eyes · mood · vibes · atmosphere · subtext · between the lines · unspoken
- empathyempathy, sympathy, compassion, kindness, understanding
- sensitivitysensitivity, sensitive, hypersensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitive
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