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emotion
[ ih-moh-shuhn ]
noun
- an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love, etc.
- any strong agitation of the feelings actuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc., and usually accompanied by certain physiological changes, as increased heartbeat or respiration, and often overt manifestation, as crying or shaking.
- an instance of this.
- something that causes such a reaction:
the powerful emotion of a great symphony.
emotion
/ ɪˈməʊʃən /
noun
- any strong feeling, as of joy, sorrow, or fear
emotion
/ ĭ-mō′shən /
- A psychological state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is sometimes accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling.
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Derived Forms
- eˈmotionless, adjective
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Other Words From
- e·motion·a·ble adjective
- e·motion·less adjective
- pree·motion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emotion1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emotion1
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Example Sentences
Throughout all the stories of loss and pain with the Chief, there was barely a trace of emotion.
The shared feelings, the bubbling emotion, the awe: she became an experience.
She suggests mindfulness exercises to help us process the emotion before it triggers a response.
Even when he opens up, the sentences are wooden, the scenes sucked dry of emotion.
He was not a man given to casual affectionate display; the moment was charged with emotion.
After a minute's pause, while he stood painfully silent, she resumed in great emotion.
But I doubt if he feels any particular emotion himself, when he is piercing you through with his rendering.
The medium pitch expresses warmth, emotion, and the heart qualities.
Her fat red cheeks would quiver with emotion, and be wet with briny tears, over the sorrows of Mr. Trollope's heroines.
Even the stern, inflexible commander turned to hide an emotion he would have blushed to betray.
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