'Emotion' definitions:
Definition of 'emotion'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any strong feeling
Definition of 'Emotion'
From: GCIDE
- Emotion \E*mo"tion\, n. [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. ['e]motion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- How different the emotions between departure and return! --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- Some vague emotion of delight. --Tennyson.
- Syn: Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement.
- Usage: Emotion, Feeling, Agitation. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, etc. Agitation may be bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See Passion. "Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing." --Crabb. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'emotion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a high,
- affect,
- affection,
- affectivity,
- arousal,
- attitude,
- emotional charge,
- emotional shade,
- emotivity,
- excitability,
- excitedness,
- excitement,
- exhilaration,
- experience,
- feeling,
- feeling tone,
- foreboding,
- gut reaction,
- heartthrob,
- impression,
- manic state,
- mental attitude,
- opinion,
- passion,
- position,
- posture,
- presentiment,
- profound sense,
- psychology,
- reaction,
- response,
- responsiveness,
- sensation,
- sense,
- sensibility,
- sensitiveness,
- sensitivity,
- sentiment,
- stance,
- stimulation,
- susceptibilities,
- undercurrent,
- way of thinking