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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Mr. Berger finds a path that accommodates both the grotesquerie and the moments of authentic emotion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
It’s worth saying to him: “There’s no reason to feel ashamed. That’s not a useful emotion, and millions of people have found themselves in the same boat. You’re not alone.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026
Alan Davies looked down throughout the remarks but both stared straight ahead and showed no emotion as the sentences were handed down.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
"You rejoice and cry, and you tremble inside from the emotion -- seeing those eyes that are both sad and joyful and filled with tears," she told AFP during a recent prisoner exchange.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
The girl regards me for a few more seconds, and suddenly explodes with emotion.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
