emotion

B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən/ UK /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #4701

Meanings

1

noun
A strong feeling such as love, anger, fear, or joy

Her voice shook with emotion as she thanked the crowd.
2

noun
Feelings in general, as opposed to logical thought

He tried to set aside emotion and look at the facts.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a strong feeling such as... feeling affect

More kibunsennimentsensation sentiment touch

Word family

Forms emotions

Derived forms counteremotionememeemotagemoticonemotionableemotionalemotionedemotionfulemotioningemotionizeemotionlessemotionlike

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Phrases (1)

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express emotion
to show or communicate a feeling through words or actions

Verb + noun

Simplified etymology

Emotion entered English in the mid-16th century and ultimately derives from Latin movere, “to move.” It first meant a public disturbance or commotion, then a movement or migration; its familiar sense of a strong feeling such as joy or anger dates from the early 17th century.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”), based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).

*m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European ēmōtus Latin

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings Psychology & Behavior

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# emotion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 4701

## Meanings
1. A strong feeling such as love, anger, fear, or joy
2. Feelings in general, as opposed to logical thought

## Examples
- Her voice shook with emotion as she thanked the crowd.
- He tried to set aside emotion and look at the facts.

## Synonyms
- kibun
- senniment
- sensation
- sentiment
- touch

## Derived Forms
- counteremotion
- ememe
- emotag
- emoticon
- emotionable
- emotional
- emotioned
- emotionful
- emotioning
- emotionize
- emotionless
- emotionlike

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *m(y)ewh₁-
- Root: ēmōtus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”), based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).

## AI Etymology
Emotion is borrowed from Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”), based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”). In current use, the main senses are “A strong feeling such as love, anger, fear, or joy” and “Feelings in general, as opposed to logical thought”.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Psychology & Behavior

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