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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When asset prices fall, investor sentiment can change rapidly and cause a flight to cash.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
This meant that the "second and third parties were seen as 'victims'," said Kaul, noting that the BNP and the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami ended up "reaping the benefits of anti-establishment sentiment" in the elections.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Digital assets have recently seemed to be a waning indicator of risk sentiment.
From Barron's • 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 exposition, if built right—if it topped Paris—might dispel that sentiment once and for all.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
