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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Standing in the East London court in a dark suit and red tie, Malema showed little emotion as Magistrate Twanet Olivier read out the sentence.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Sometimes gut is mere emotion dressed up as instinct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
"Obviously your first emotion is anger and disappointment, that's natural," he said of the captaincy call.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Our brains get to use that experience almost as a learning process, to think about, “How can I regulate this emotion? How would I respond in the real world?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Mother Earth is right; I can only use my powers by doing the one thing Ma told me not to do … by showing emotion.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing emotion
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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