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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
But the pair are also prone to showing their emotions and, in some cases, allowing them to take over.
“That was so much more than a number. It connected the moment to one six decades earlier. It connected Cal Ripken to freaking Lou Gehrig. It evokes memories and emotions unlike numbers in any sport.”
She also made it to the semi-finals at Wimbledon, but on all three occasions emotions got the better of the 27-year-old.
When Winslet allows the dam surrounding Mare’s despair to crack a little, frosting the blank spaces between lines of dialogue with pure aching emotion, tearing your eyes away is impossible.
As for his own emotions, he figures he will have them in check, even with his father-in-law on the opposite sideline.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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