emotion
[ih-moh-shuhn]
/ ɪˈmoʊ ʃən /
NOUN
mental state
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affection
anger
concern
desire
despair
empathy
excitement
feeling
fervor
grief
happiness
joy
love
passion
pride
rage
remorse
sadness
sentiment
shame
sorrow
sympathy
warmth
STRONG
affect
agitation
ardor
commotion
despondency
disturbance
drive
ecstasy
elation
excitability
inspiration
melancholy
perturbation
responsiveness
satisfaction
sensation
sensibility
sensitiveness
thrill
tremor
vehemence
vibes
zeal
WEAK
Antonyms
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
