Antonyms for emotions


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-moh-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmoʊ ʃən


Definition of emotions

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 :
  • She had suffered so much, so poignantly, that at last her emotions had grown sluggish.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The girl in the chair was shaking soundlessly under the stress of her emotions.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • There had been in her gaze a conflict of emotions, strong and baffling.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • In a few minutes Katy had reduced her emotions to a dry sniffle.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Perhaps his emotions were far deeper than he could express in words.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Any or all of these emotions might have lain beneath the smoulder in her eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • And what do you suppose were our hero's emotions at this time?
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • With what emotions would she trace and retrace her own eventful story!
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • He felt her eye was upon him, and restrained his emotions as he proceeded.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He stopped—struggling with the rush of emotions that overflowed his heart.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for emotions

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