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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Wall Street initially celebrated plans to invest big in the evolving tech, but that sentiment has shifted as investors want to see more of a return on this spending that has impacted free cash flows.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
With stronger market sentiment lifting demand deposits, Ping An Bank is well-placed to benefit from deposit migration given its retail banking strength and ties to parent Ping An Insurance, Morningstar adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
A bump to guidance would help investor sentiment.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Industry checks from Jefferies at Google Cloud Next showed increasingly positive sentiment for Google’s trajectory and earnings results this week.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
If ‘Romantic’ still means anything specific in the history of music, it best refers to a period when the composer’s or performer’s personal emotions, or sentiment, became paramount in the dialogue between music and audience.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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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