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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The war and inflation helped push consumer sentiment to a new all-time low, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly survey released Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index fell to a record low of 44.8 in May.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
As prices at the pump rise, the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index clocked in at 44.8 for May, down from 49.8 in April, on rising concerns about inflation.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Why such a huge split between the sentiment and confidence indexes?
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
How ignominious to be strapped to this ponderous mass of paper, print and dead man's sentiment.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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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