English Dictionary
Definition of “emotion”
emotion (ɪˈməʊʃən
)
Definitions
noun
- any strong feeling, as of joy, sorrow, or fear
Alternative Forms
eˈmotionless adjective Word Origin
C16: from French, from Old French esmovoir to excite, from Latin ēmovēre to disturb, from movēre to move
Synonyms
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feeling,
spirit,
soul,
passion,
excitement,
sensation,
sentiment,
agitation,
fervour,
ardour,
vehemence,
perturbation,
Translations
- British English:
emotion
An emotion is a feeling such as happiness, love, fear, anger, or hatred, which can be caused by the situation that you are in or the people you are with.He never shows his emotions.ɪˈməʊʃən NOUN He never shows his emotions.
- Spanish:
emoción
nf
- French:
émotion
nf
- German:
Gefühl
nnt
- Chinese: 情绪 n
- Arabic: عَاطِفَة n
- Portuguese: emoção nf
- Russian: эмоция nf
- Croatian: emocija nf
- Czech: cit nm
- Danish: følelse nutr
- Dutch: emotie nf
- Finnish: tunne n
- Greek: συναίσθημα nnt
- Italian: emozione nf
- Japanese: 感情 n
- Korean: 감정 n
- Norwegian: følelse nm
- Polish: emocja nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: emoção nf
- European Spanish:
emoción
nf
- Swedish: känsla nutr
- Thai: ความรู้สึก n
- Turkish: duygu n
- Vietnamese: cảm xúc n
Usage examples
It came over me in a wave of feeling, a swelling rush of emotion.
Stuart Harrison, BETTER THAN THIS (2002)The crowd went silent and James sensed an emotion he had not seen before in them: fear.
Country Life (2005)It was what Edmonton head coach Craig MacTavish had been worried about getting from his youthful team: unchecked emotion.
Globe and Mail (2003)Wilson is not merely content to write a fantasy about a real tragedy to lend his book spurious emotion.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Without emotion we cannot be sure that something actually happened.
Dorothy Rowe, BEYOND FEAR (2002)
