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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For the day ahead, investors watch for the University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer sentiment index for July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
When news of Sam Neill’s death at the age of 78 broke earlier this week, much of the public sentiment for the late New Zealand actor revolved around his humor and charm.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Eastern, June industrial production at 9:15 a.m. and the preliminary reading of the July consumer sentiment survey at 10:00 a.m.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
In a broadly sweet, vivacious and gorgeously sung set Tuesday, that sentiment revealed the moral clarity that bolsters her songs about devotion and intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
How ignominious to be strapped to this ponderous mass of paper, print and dead man's sentiment.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
When supporters of the creedal nation theory come at me brandishing copies of the Declaration, I respect their sentiments but maintain my dissent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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
The sentiments driving the music are ultramodern: self-aware, vicious and desperately vulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Such sentiments reflect a trend among South Korean youth.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
I thanked him for his sentiments, and assured him that I would never forget what he had said.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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