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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Foreign investors soured on Indonesia this year, in part due to broader risk-off sentiment dimming the appeal of emerging markets but also because of investability and transparency concerns raised by credit agencies and index providers.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Oct. 15, 2026
CoreWeave stock is a bellwether for investor sentiment about the broader artificial-intelligence investment boom.
From Barron's โ Oct. 15, 2026
It’s a fascinating and notable contrast to broader sentiment in the public markets.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Oct. 15, 2026
Public sentiment has turned against the expansion of data centres, the large warehouses that store processing power needed for internet activity.
From BBC โ Oct. 14, 2026
I couldn’t speak for all Muslim women—no one could—but it was a sentiment with which I fundamentally disagreed.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
Estonia's digital minister echoed the groups' sentiments on the potential ban, telling AFP that social media platforms should be the ones to change.
From Barron's โ Sep. 8, 2026
Veterans of these conflicts fully shared the negative sentiments of other Americans, setting the stage for a backlash against the officials who began, led and prolonged them.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 8, 2026
Jefferies analyst Brent Thill expressed such sentiments in a note last month following Palantir’s second-quarter earnings results.
From MarketWatch โ Sep. 2, 2026
These sentiments are reflected by Joan, who desperately wants more for her daughter than she’s been able to provide on her own teacher’s salary.
From Salon โ Aug. 18, 2026
Nothing could hasten more the progress of these reflections & sentiments which are secretly undermining the institution which this mistaken zeal is laboring to secure agst. the most distant approach of danger.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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