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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Precious metals settled higher, with sentiment shifting to a more optimistic outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
For the month’s consumer sentiment, it anticipates a possible stall in growth, owing to rising fuel prices.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Horton DHI -3.08%decrease; down pointing triangle cut its revenue outlook for the fiscal year as sluggish buyer demand and supply issues continue to weigh on builder sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The stock’s surge marks a turnaround in investor sentiment, as shares of Super Micro have nearly halved since their early June peak.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
She advocated a high tone of sentiment; but she did not know the sensations of sympathy and pity; tenderness and truth were not in her.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
And in 1969, Honduras and El Salvador fought a brief war as sentiments were stirred up by a World Cup qualifying match.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 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
“I have never heard such things from Sunnis before. I am trying to tamp down these sentiments and bring people together.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
“I appreciate your sentiments, sir. The General is a man of truth.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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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