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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The decline in confidence comes despite the Ifo Institute’s business sentiment index on Thursday rising to a more-than-three-year high.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 25, 2026
He noted that Morrissey’s malaise mirrors the sentiment of many ranchera songs, also citing that his effeminate onstage persona is a perfect subversion of Mexican machismo.
From Los Angeles Times โ Sep. 25, 2026
The put-call ratio is a sentiment indicator, as it compares the volume of puts traded with the volume of calls.
From MarketWatch โ Sep. 25, 2026
European stock indexes opened in the red, with higher borrowing costs and high oil prices weighing on sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 25, 2026
I know many people won’t agree or understand this sentiment.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
The American people get a vote, and they’ve made their sentiments clear.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 15, 2026
A Northwestern Mutual study in the spring echoed these sentiments as well.
From MarketWatch โ Aug. 20, 2026
These sentiments are reflected by Joan, who desperately wants more for her daughter than she’s been able to provide on her own teacher’s salary.
From Salon โ Aug. 18, 2026
Twenty-four-year-old Amina Alhassan echoed his sentiments, adding that she had not encountered any problems when applying to marry 40-year-old Nura Abdullahi.
From BBC โ Aug. 9, 2026
Instead of carved letters bearing noble sentiments, there was only ivy.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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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