emotion
Usage
What are other ways to say emotion?
The noun emotion refers to a feeling that is intensified: 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. Sentiment is 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.
Example Sentences
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There is a lot on the line for Italy, and emotion is set to play a big role in Bergamo.
From BBC
"I'm really, really grateful to be in this position. It's really a big emotion," Shiffrin said.
From BBC
Imagine the emotions of listening to Garland, eyes raised and in a longing voice, singing, “Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue…”
A story, he writes, is a “primary vehicle for emotion” with three components: character, chronology and consequence.
The actor spoke about what it was like to step into the world of “Bridgerton,” her character’s storyline in Season 4 and the scene in which she had to withhold her emotions.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
