emotion
[ ih-moh-shuh n ]
/ ɪˈmoʊ ʃən /
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.
Origin of emotion
synonym study for emotion
1. See
feeling.
OTHER WORDS FROM emotion
e·mo·tion·a·ble, adjective e·mo·tion·less, adjective pre·e·mo·tion, nounWords nearby emotion
Example sentences from the Web for emotion
British Dictionary definitions for emotion
emotion
/ (ɪˈməʊʃən) /
noun
any strong feeling, as of joy, sorrow, or fear
Derived forms of emotion
emotionless, adjectiveWord Origin for emotion
C16: from French, from Old French
esmovoir to excite, from Latin
ēmovēre to disturb, from
movēre to
move
Medical definitions for emotion
emotion
[ ĭ-mō′shən ]
n.
An intense mental state that arises subjectively rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes.
Other words from emotion
e•mo′tion•al adj.Scientific definitions for emotion
emotion
[ ĭ-mō′shən ]
A psychological state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is sometimes accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling.