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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Having dealt with the minutiae of the tactical approach he switched and started to deal with the emotion of the day.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
It’s worth saying to him: “There’s no reason to feel ashamed. That’s not a useful emotion, and millions of people have found themselves in the same boat. You’re not alone.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026
The shallow furrows fail to stir emotion and are about as exciting as the irrigation channels they bring to mind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
She can perform an emotion out of ABCs, you know?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Anna Kirilina, an armament mechanic for the 125th Guards, sums up the huge depth of emotion that the war created for Raskova’s regiments.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
