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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Zinger expressed the same sentiment in a Substack post last week, writing that Google’s AI strategy is solidifying around “prosaic matters” such as coding and search, instead of DeepMind’s original vision of chasing AGI.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The August drop leaves sentiment above the historic lows in the mid-40s touched earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A new US consumer sentiment survey by the University of Michigan showed confidence dropped by around eight percent in August, ending two months of gains.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Major said, summing up the sentiment he heard from clients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
In positive sentiment override, I say, ‘Sorry, go ahead.’
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Twenty-four-year-old Amina Alhassan echoed his sentiments, adding that she had not encountered any problems when applying to marry 40-year-old Nura Abdullahi.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
His sentiments were echoed by Rachid Aouchari, a 32-year-old without work, who said he would be relieved to return home.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Such sentiments are unfortunate, and they are unlikely to improve in the short run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The sentiments driving the music are ultramodern: self-aware, vicious and desperately vulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
That, in turn, could arouse nationalist sentiments among ethnic Koreans in the Chinese borderlands.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing sentiment
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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