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.
Example Sentences
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Traders are also awaiting signals from Washington on refined copper imports, with any policy changes likely to influence trade flows and market sentiment in the near term.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
It's touching and poignant, but a clattering breakbeat is a distraction from the sentiment.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Although Pumas would lose to Cruz Azul 2-1, the optimistic sentiment resonated with TikTok users, especially with the World Cup just weeks away.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
She said that the package "should bode well for sentiment and dovetails with our forecast that growth will pick up in the second half of the year".
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
If a product or enterprise doesn’t constantly reinvent itself, it is superseded, cast aside, abandoned without sentiment in favor of something bigger, newer, and, alas, nearly always uglier.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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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