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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Crew members say they were struck by her sharp grasp of emotion, angles and movement.
From BBC
When police told Grabham his wife was the body in the suitcase, his reaction – answering no comment to any questions and showing no emotion at all to the shocking news - raised suspicions.
From BBC
“It brings up mixed emotions to represent the U.S. right now,” Hess said.
From Salon
While we actually don’t put much stock in front-cover and Super Bowl–ad indicators, we do acknowledge the outsized effects of human emotions on stock prices.
From MarketWatch
Wright, wearing a grey sweatshirt and trousers, showed no emotion, even as Victoria's brother, Steven - who also spoke on behalf of his father - and Gemma, cried while detailing what his actions have done to them.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
