How many emotions are there? There are dozens, including anger, contempt, enthusiasm, envy, fear, frustration, disappointment, embarrassment, disgust, happiness, hate, hope, jealousy, joy, love, pride, surprise and sadness.
Many researchers agree on six essentially universal emotions - anger, fear, sadness, happiness, disgust and surprise.
Some even plot them along a continuum: happiness, surprise, fear, sadness, anger, disgust.
The closer two emotions are to each other on this continuum, the more likely people will confuse them. We sometimes mistake happiness for surprise, but rarely do we confuse happiness and disgust.
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