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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Rising rates and this depressed investor sentiment have compressed the price-to-book ratio to 1.7 times.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
As anti-AI sentiment has risen, some companies have discouraged staff from wearing corporate logos because of the risk of attacks from members of the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The effect of these higher yields has been to depress sentiment – and valuations — among U.S. homebuilders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
With grandma’s nest egg and mom and dad’s retirement tied up in a young couple’s first home, even a slight chill in property valuations causes an arctic frost on consumer sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Whether it was sentiment or rheumy eyes that troubled the old woman, I could not tell.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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
The sentiments driving the music are ultramodern: self-aware, vicious and desperately vulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
—Asian stocks mostly fell as heightened U.S.-Iran tensions and rising U.S. inflation both weighed on market sentiments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Principal shareholder Dermot Desmond echoed Wilson's sentiments by saying O'Neill will be "supported fully" during the close season.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Intrigued by that enigma, he dug so deeply into her sentiments that in search of interest he found love, because by trying to make her love him he ended up falling in love with her.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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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