Emotion
[ɪ'məʊʃ(ə)n] or [ɪ'moʃən]
Definition
(n.) 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.
Checker: Roy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Feeling, passion, excitement (of sensibility), mental agitation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Passion, feeling, excitement, agitation, perturbation, trepidation, tremor
ANT:Indifference, insensibility, impassiveness, imperturbability, stoicism
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Definition
n. a moving of the feelings: agitation of mind: (phil.) one of the three groups of the phenomena of the mind.—adj. Emō′tional.—n. Emō′tionalism tendency to emotional excitement the habit of working on the emotions the indulgence of superficial emotion.—adv. Emō′tionally.—adjs. Emō′tionless; Emō′tive pertaining to the emotions.
Checker: Trent
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.
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Examples
- It was all done in dumb show, the women danced their emotion in gesture and motion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The room was charged with excitement and strong, animal emotion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord--to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He paused for a few seconds, and added in a voice broken by emotion, 'You have loved her from a child, my friend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There is a great deal of literal truth in that remark, for it has been the peculiar work of Bryan to express in politics some of that emotion which has made America the home of new religions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The ordinary course of action fails to give adequate stimulus to emotion and imagination. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He stood up to defend Aspasia, he was seized by a storm of very human emotion, and as he spoke he wept--a gleeful thing for the rabble. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The double relation between the ideas and impressions subsists in both cases, and produces an easy transition from the one emotion to the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- A whole village-full of sensuous emotion, scattered abroad all the year long, surged here in a focus for an hour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Jo's face was very sober, but her eyes twinkled, and there was an odd sound in her voice of repressed emotion of some sort. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Farebrother seemed to wait for a recognition of the fact; and the emotion perceptible in the tones of his fine voice gave solemnity to his words. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her delicate organization and creative imagination rendered her peculiarly susceptible of pleasurable emotion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I tire myself with such emotion. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is too weak to take hold of the mind, or be attended with emotion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Come, come,' said Mr. Pickwick, with considerable emotion, 'we will see what can be done, when I know all about the matter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- All at once, in the midst of his turbulent emotions, Bradley stopped and seemed to challenge his look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This had dashed the triumphant and rapturous emotions of maternity with grief and fear. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Perdita's questions had ceased; she leaned on my arm, panting with emotions too acute for tears--our men pulled alongside the other boat. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mr Wegg, in a languid transport, again dropped over on Mr Venus, and again recovering himself, masked his emotions with a sneeze. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Every event was measured by the emotions of the mind, not by its actual existence, for existence it had none. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The features are given to man as the means by which he shall express his emotions, and yours are faithful servants. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I felt no burthen, except the internal one of contrary and contending emotions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He would share their ideas and emotions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such thoughts do not find their appropriate expression in the emotions of the nursery. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He would have thought, even if there were no such design as that, had he brought him there to play with his repressed emotions, and torment him? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She sank into the chair, and for a few moments sat like a statue, while images and emotions were hurrying upon her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- After the tumultuous emotions of the day, I was glad to find on my arrival at the inn that my companions had retired to rest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Yet, even then, I have checked thick-coming fears with one thought; I would not fear death, for the emotions that linked us must be immortal. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Whatever I was about to reply, was interrupted by the powerful emotions of Clara. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She knew that Mr. Gryce was of the small chary type most inaccessible to impulses and emotions. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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