emotions

nounmental state

Antonyms for emotions

Word Origin & History

1570s, "a (social) moving, stirring, agitation," from Middle French émotion (16c.), from Old French emouvoir "stir up" (12c.), from Latin emovere "move out, remove, agitate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Sense of "strong feeling" is first recorded 1650s; extended to any feeling by 1808.

Example Sentences foremotions

She had suffered so much, so poignantly, that at last her emotions had grown sluggish.

The girl in the chair was shaking soundlessly under the stress of her emotions.

There had been in her gaze a conflict of emotions, strong and baffling.

In a few minutes Katy had reduced her emotions to a dry sniffle.

Perhaps his emotions were far deeper than he could express in words.

Any or all of these emotions might have lain beneath the smoulder in her eyes.

And what do you suppose were our hero's emotions at this time?

With what emotions would she trace and retrace her own eventful story!

He felt her eye was upon him, and restrained his emotions as he proceeded.

He stopped—struggling with the rush of emotions that overflowed his heart.

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