Adam Dobrer
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Periodic Table of Emotions

Feelings sorted like elements by base emotion and intensity, with words English doesn't have.

The Periodic Table of Emotions: 118 feelings in coloured tiles, sorted by family and intensity, with untranslatable words below.

How it works

Each column is a family of emotion, like joy, fear, or nostalgia. Each row shows intensity, from faint to extreme. Every feeling gets a symbol, a short definition and where the word comes from.

The rare earths

Words other languages have for feelings English can't name sit apart at the bottom, the way the rare earth elements do on the real table.

My favourite is in the bottom row

Intensity levels
7
Year
2026
Built with
React