Emotions / B1

i-MOHSHUN/ɪˈməʊʃn/

An emotion is a strong feeling such as love, fear, or anger: show emotion; mixed emotions; a surge of emotion. A feeling can be weaker or more physical (a feeling of hunger); a mood is how you feel for a period. Emotional is the adjective; emotionally is the adverb. Emotion is countable for types and uncountable for the display of feeling.

Meaning

A strong feeling such as love, fear, or anger.

Examples

• “She found it hard to hide her emotion.”
• “He spoke with real emotion about his childhood.”
• “Try not to make the decision in a moment of emotion.”

Good to know

show / mixed emotions. Weaker / physical: feeling. Period: mood. Adjective: emotional.

Near in meaning

feeling

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