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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When experiencing either emotion, everything — be it a piece of news, the prick of a finger, a conversation with a loved one living thousands of miles away — is magnified.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026
In widely shared footage of the rescue, Gerson can be seen clenching his eyes shut and tilting his head back to the sky as he embraces his son, overwhelmed with emotion.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
These roles are not real, even if the emotion feels real.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 27, 2026
At the same time, your brain’s amygdala, or fear and emotion center, calms down and its prefrontal cortex, which governs rational thought, amps up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
Maya-Jade’s eyes grew moist with emotion, like he had given her a gift.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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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