Antonyms for emotion

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-moh-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmoʊ ʃən

Definition of emotion

Origin : 1570s, "a (social) moving, stirring, agitation," from Middle French émotion (16c.), from Old French emouvoir "stir up" (12c.), from Latin emovere "move out, remove, agitate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Sense of "strong feeling" is first recorded 1650s; extended to any feeling by 1808.

noun mental state

Example sentences :

The aged philosopher endeavoured to speak, but his voice was tremulous with emotion.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Halbert's first emotion was surprise, his second was gratification.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

I like to be stirred by emotion, I suppose, and I like to study character.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Malbone, greedy of emotion, was drinking to the dregs a passion that could have no to-morrow.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

She was silent with emotion when Mrs. Hancock told her she was growing like her mother.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

She turned and looked at Moxy to calm the emotion to which she would not give scope.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Dick, too, had felt the tension of an emotion far beyond that of the usual things.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

She could not at first guess any possible cause for an emotion so poignant.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Instead, only a tense horror that touched to the roots of emotion.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

His hate was forgotten now in an emotion still deeper, and he turned to Mary.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Synonyms for emotion

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