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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Going deeper: beyond being a policy issue, it’s also an issue of consumer sentiment, Thomas argues.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Oct. 30, 2026
Kyler Daugherty, a 43-year-old health care worker, summed up the sentiment as he filled up his gas tank in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
From Barron's โ Oct. 30, 2026
According to another technical indicator, negative sentiment surrounding Alphabet could be reaching a peak.
From MarketWatch โ Oct. 29, 2026
However, the overriding sentiment that these two tragedies have generated is one of confusion and a failure to comprehend how this could have happened.
From BBC โ Oct. 29, 2026
“To put sentiment before power. You are unworthy of being called a magician.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Those types of sentiments have been echoed by younger voters.
From Los Angeles Times โ Oct. 30, 2026
The organisation said the attack "provokes the sentiments of Muslims worldwide" and represented a dangerous escalation.
From Barron's โ Oct. 2, 2026
Despite the setback in the Danish capital, winger Sorba Thomas echoed Bellamy's sentiments.
From BBC โ Sep. 27, 2026
Jefferies analyst Brent Thill expressed such sentiments in a note last month following Palantir’s second-quarter earnings results.
From MarketWatch โ Sep. 2, 2026
It sounded so childish, though I had a suspicion that some terrible sentiments were being expressed.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing sentiment
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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