emotion
Usage
What are other ways to say emotion?
The noun emotion refers to a feeling that is intensified: agitated by emotion. Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing.
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Burnham told podcaster Day his English degree helped with "getting the emotion into what you do and what you say" and having a "connection with people".
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
He recalls a moment during the premiere in Berlin when emotion crept up on him.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Playing a character calls for a different range of emotion than he presents on stage in his stand-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The new head coach underscored that it can be easy for impulse and emotion to take over, but uplifting one another and letting mistakes refine you rather than define you is integral to success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
I hope this isn’t too much emotion for her.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Kirkham also cites play as having "therapeutic value" for exploring our emotions, experiences and memories, but in a safe space.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
In less than a month, Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison has exhibited a dizzying range of emotions as the goal line for the coveted $111-billion Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
That does not necessarily mean dogs experience emotions in the same way people do.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Recent weeks have shown just how much the case continues to stir strong emotions.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
But then I think about what Journey said about human emotions being dangerous on a mission to Mars.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
Vocabulary lists containing emotion
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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