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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“What it will affect is investor sentiment against legacy companies, which typically use buybacks and dividends to attract investors,” Aboulafia said.
Earlier in the year, fears of sweeping U.S. import tariffs weighed heavily on consumer and business sentiment in the country.
Wells Fargo’s economics team has listed its favorite charts of 2025, and this one may partly explain why consumer sentiment surveys remain dour even as the stock market has surged to record highs this year.
From MarketWatch
Eurozone consumer sentiment unexpectedly weakened in December despite cooling inflation and economic resilience against tariffs, a monthly indicator showed.
Merger activity, improving sentiment among retail investors, and record inflows to U.S. stock funds should have supported markets as well.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
