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.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes gut is mere emotion dressed up as instinct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Our brains get to use that experience almost as a learning process, to think about, “How can I regulate this emotion? How would I respond in the real world?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
"It's a bright spot on the Moon," said Hansen, his voice breaking with emotion.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
"It's just overwhelming emotion", Tony says, following a guard of honour given to him by both sets of players.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Inside my system, the human emotion of happy grows and grows.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
