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emotion
noun as in mental state
Strongest matches
affection, anger, concern, desire, despair, empathy, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, happiness, joy, love, passion, pride, rage, remorse, sadness, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, warmth
Strong matches
affect, agitation, ardor, commotion, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, excitability, inspiration, melancholy, perturbation, responsiveness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sensitiveness, thrill, tremor, vehemence, vibes, zeal
Weak matches
Example Sentences
As soon as she shoved the phone on his face, Yang’s excitement overtook his emotions and he completely forgot he was in a class.
The influential critic Edmund Wilson, who helped establish Hemingway’s literary reputation, perceptively stated “his prose is of the first distinction” and conveys “profound emotions and complex states of mind.”
Timothy Watkins, president of Watts Labor Community Action Committee, had mixed emotions when hearing of the court decision.
He showed no emotion when the jury returned its verdict after a little over two hours of deliberations.
"There's a touch too much auto-tune on her voice at times, but no doubting her ability to convey raw emotion with sharp, pithy pop."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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