100 Words for Facial Expressions
Agonized: as if in pain or tormented
Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire
Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest
Black: angry or sad, or see hostile
Bleak: see grim and hopeless
Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern
Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment
Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent
Brooding: see anxious and gloomy
Bug eyed: frightened or surprised
Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed
Choleric: hot-tempered, irate
Coy: flirtily playful, or evasive
Crestfallen: see despondent
Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings
Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor
Despondent: depressed or discouraged
Doleful: sad or afflicted
Dour: stern or obstinate; see also despondent
Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing
Ecstatic: delighted or entranced
Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible
Fixed: concentrated or immobile
Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive
Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion
Gloomy: see despondent and sullen
Glowering: annoyed or angry
Grim: see despondent; also, fatalistic or pessimistic
Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness
Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty
Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism
Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant
Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit
Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable
Jeering: insulting or mocking
Leering: see meaningful; also, sexually suggestive
Meaningful: to convey an implicit connotation or shared secret
Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful
Pained: affected with discomfort or pain
Peering: with curiosity or suspicion
Petulant: see cheeky and peeved
Pleading: seeking apology or assistance
Quizzical: questioning or confused
Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident
Scornful: contemptuous or mocking
Scowling: displeased or threatening
Searching: curious or suspicious
Shamefaced: ashamed or bashful
Slack-jawed: dumbfounded or surprised
Sly: cunning; see also furtive and mischievous
Straight-faced: see deadpan
Tight: see pained and taut
Vacant: blank or stupid looking
Wan: pale, sickly; see also faint
Wary: cautious or cunning
Wide eyed: frightened or surprised
Wild eyed: excited, frightened, or stressful
Wistful: yearning or sadly thoughtful
Withering: devastating; see also wrathful
Woeful: full of grief or lamentation
Wolfish: see leeringand mischievous
Wrathful: indignant or vengeful
Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling