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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That does not mean a move is imminent, but the sentiment is revealing.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
That’s not a sentiment against true love; it’s more a nod to strained credibility and a feeling of general exhaustion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Though Crow-Armstrong played along with the MVP talk, he came around to a similar sentiment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
When Infantino finally walked into the hall, he apologized, but sentiment in the room had turned against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
This is no time for sentiment or sickness; it’s time to rally.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
He reiterated similar sentiments in congressional hearings before the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Such sentiments are unfortunate, and they are unlikely to improve in the short run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette echoed those sentiments in a social media post adding that "such acts have no place here".
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Such sentiments reflect a trend among South Korean youth.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Not only was her voice robotic; she was also saying things that she never would have said before, expressing sentiments that seemed to be at odds with the mother Flora had always known.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
Vocabulary lists containing sentiment
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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English Words Derived from French, List 1
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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