emotion

e·mo·tion  (-mshn)

n.

1. A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling: the emotions of joy, sorrow, reverence, hate, and love.

2. A state of mental agitation or disturbance: spoke unsteadily in a voice that betrayed his emotion. See Synonyms at feeling.

3. The part of the consciousness that involves feeling; sensibility: "The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect" Isaac Bashevis Singer.

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[French émotion, from Old French, from esmovoir, to excite, from Vulgar Latin *exmovre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin movre, to move; see meu- in Indo-European roots.]

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emotion

Noun

1. any strong feeling, such as joy or fear

2. the part of a person's character based on feelings rather than thought: the conflict between emotion and logic [Latin emovere to disturb]

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emotion  (-mshn)

A psychological state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is sometimes accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

emotion - any strong feeling feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" CER, conditioned emotion, conditioned emotional response - an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning anger, ire, choler - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) reverence, veneration, awe, fear - a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune joy, joyfulness, joyousness - the emotion of great happiness love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action emotional state, spirit - the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"

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emotion

noun 1. feeling, spirit, soul, passion, excitement, sensation, sentiment, agitation, fervour, ardour, vehemence, perturbation

noun 2. instinct, sentiment, sensibility, intuition, tenderness, gut feeling, soft-heartedness

Translations

emotion [ɪˈməuʃən] n → emoción f

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emotion [ɪˈməuʃən] n → sentiment m;

(as opposed to reason) → émotion f, sentiments

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emotion [ɪˈməuʃən] n → Gefühl nt

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emotion [ɪˈməuʃən] n → emozione f (= love, jealousy etc); sentimento