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.
Example Sentences
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“Some of the short-term impacts we are seeing — Americans are frustrated, consumer sentiment is gloomy or even grim,” Long said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Firms said the negative effect of the war on sentiment added to the adverse impact of trade tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The overall sentiment in this latest reading came in at its lowest since November 2023.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Fund managers continue to tout the resources they have to manage through the change in investor sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
I know I should have been more bothered, but I'd heard this sentiment more often than you'd think.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
