sentiment
Usage
What are other ways to say sentiment?
The noun sentiment refers to 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. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: 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.
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Consumer sentiment in China has stayed persistently soft.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Nov. 11, 2026
On a daily basis, artificial intelligence elicits wild swings in expectations and sentiment, reflected by the ongoing rollercoaster ride in the stock market.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Nov. 11, 2026
The situation has not been made easier by fan sentiment.
From BBC โ Nov. 8, 2026
Despite this six-year improvement, consumer sentiment has been “in the gutter” for some time now.
From MarketWatch โ Nov. 7, 2026
The sentiment is understandable, for Kelvin really was a kind of Victorian superman.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Her campaign launch video hinged on measles outbreaks and the harm of anti-vax sentiments at the highest levels of public health.
From Salon โ Nov. 4, 2026
Those types of sentiments have been echoed by younger voters.
From Los Angeles Times โ Oct. 30, 2026
Other startups have delayed their IPOs in recent weeks amid high interest rates and volatile market sentiments around AI, although Anthropic is still preparing its mega-IPO for next month.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Oct. 22, 2026
Such sentiments would do him no harm if he was to stand for president.
From BBC โ Oct. 15, 2026
Lord Darlington came to abhor anti-Semitism; I heard him express his disgust on several separate occasions when confronted with anti-Semitic sentiments.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vocabulary lists containing sentiment
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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