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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"Comrade Kim Jong Un and Comrade Xi Jinping expressed satisfaction and deep emotion over the fact that they provided a far-reaching blueprint for the development of the relations," KCNA, the country's official news agency reported.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
One of Africa's biggest music stars says he feels "immense pride and deep emotion" after being given one of the Democratic Republic of Congo's most prestigious awards.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Brett Ratner, the film’s director, doesn’t seem to understand that the music is supposed to add meaning and emotion to a scene, and the effect is “lazy and off-putting,” Nackenson argues.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
“I started with Vecna by physically feeling this character, finding the voice, using the references and attaching all of that into the emotion and the drive behind him,” Bower says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
A large chunk of emotion seemed to have lodged in his throat and he wasn't sure he could get any words past it without cutting the emotion loose, too.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Vocabulary lists containing emotion
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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"Fears and Phobias," Vocabulary from the article
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