Synonyms for emotions
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-moh-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmoʊ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for emotions Other synonyms for the word emotions
- affect
- affectivity
- agitation
- ardor
- commotion
- despondency
- disturbance
- drive
- ecstasy
- elation
- excitability
- gut reaction
- happiness
- inspiration
- joy
- love
- melancholy
- passion
- perturbation
- pride
- rage
- remorse
- responsiveness
- sadness
- satisfaction
- sensation
- sensibility
- sensitiveness
- sentiment
- shame
- sorrow
- sympathy
- thrill
- tremor
- vehemence
- vibes
- warmth
- zeal
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for emotions
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