emotion

Noun

Meaning

A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

feeling passion excitement agitation perturbation energy fire response love romanticism ardor expression affect spirit soul

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Antonyms

brain cold confidence cure courage classify

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Hypernyms

feeling

Hyponyms

CER love fear spirit anxiety anger

Phrases with the word

emotion-charged devoid of emotion full of emotion strong emotion extreme emotion indicating emotion

Examples

Sex is emotion in motion. Mae West

Hatred is a very underestimated emotion. Jim Morrison

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art. Mae West

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H. P. Lovecraft

The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts – the less you know the hotter you get. Bertrand Russell

Control your emotion or it will control you. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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