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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The effect of these higher yields has been to depress sentiment – and valuations — among U.S. homebuilders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
But as John Maynard Keynes brilliantly articulated, what matters isn’t the state of the economy but consumer sentiment, how people feel about the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
One measure of employee sentiment fell to its lowest level ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Anti-AI sentiment initially had been easy for technology’s biggest players to ignore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Arion sounded impatient, as if saying, No time for sentiment, girl!
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Calls for a memorial began almost immediately, with sentiments intensifying in the years around 1832, the centennial of Washington’s birth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette echoed those sentiments in a social media post adding that "such acts have no place here".
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The sentiments driving the music are ultramodern: self-aware, vicious and desperately vulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Such sentiments reflect a trend among South Korean youth.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
I think that opening sentence sums up my sentiments exactly.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing sentiment
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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English Words Derived from French, List 1
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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