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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Last year, Morgan Stanley says, one-fifth of the buying demand for gold originated with ETFs, however that positive sentiment has been disrupted by the Gulf crisis, and the prospect of rate hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Many repeat the same sentiment: It feels good to move and hold a racket again — or for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The key risk to the trade is a weakening in sentiment that threatens that M&A cycle, Goldman believes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
But even if the country’s worst impulses still bubbled up, U.S. midfielder Tyler Adams described a sentiment around his team that might as well have summed up the whole tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Brooklyn appreciated the sentiment but still felt like she was letting down the team.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
When supporters of the creedal nation theory come at me brandishing copies of the Declaration, I respect their sentiments but maintain my dissent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Is it any surprise that Musk, of all people, is a fan of those sentiments?
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette echoed those sentiments in a social media post adding that "such acts have no place here".
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The sentiments driving the music are ultramodern: self-aware, vicious and desperately vulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
It all sounded so big and adventurous, but my lofty sentiments were squashed before I had gotten even halfway down The Mountain.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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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