emotione‧mo‧tion /ɪˈməʊʃən $ ɪˈmoʊ-/ ●●● W3 noun [countable, uncountable] 
Her voice was full of emotion.conflicting/mixed emotions Sara listened with mixed emotions. She was good at hiding her emotions. Kim received the news without showing any visible sign of emotion.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesstrong/intense· Issues such as abortion arouse strong emotions.· The emotion was so intense that she spent most of the movie in tears.powerful (=having a very strong effect on someone)· Grief is a very powerful emotion.deep (=strongly felt, but not always expressed)· He had never revealed these deep emotions to anyone.painful (=one that is difficult to deal with)· Painful emotions, stored away in the patient’s memory, can suddenly come flooding back.overwhelming (=a very strong emotion that you feel suddenly)· She was filled with an overwhelming emotion of relief.a positive emotion (=love, happiness, hope etc)· Try to focus on your positive emotions.a negative emotion (=anger, fear, hate etc)· It’s not easy learning how to deal with negative emotions.mixed/conflicting emotions (=a mixture of very different feelings)· She had mixed emotions about seeing him again.pent-up emotions (=emotions that someone feels but does not express)· Crying can release pent-up emotions.great emotion· She sings with great emotion.real emotion (=very strong emotion)· There was real emotion in his voice.raw emotion (=strong emotions that someone shows openly and does not control)· The crowd responded to his words with raw emotion.human emotions· the expression of human emotions through music and poetryverbsshow emotion· He didn’t show any emotion when I told him I was pregnant.express an emotion (=show or talk about)· He had always found it difficult to express his emotions.feel/experience an emotion· Seeing him with his new wife, she felt emotions that she did not want to feel again.hide your emotions (also conceal your emotions formal)· Laura could not hide her emotions, or pretend to feel something she did not.stir up people’s emotions (=deliberately try to make people have strong feelings)· His speech roused the crowd and stirred up their emotions.phrasesbe full of emotion (=showing or feeling strong emotions, especially sadness)· When she spoke, Nellie’s voice was full of emotion.be overcome with emotion (=feel an emotion so strongly that you cannot behave normally)· As soon as I heard that song, I was overcome with emotion.be choked with emotion (=feel so much emotion that you cannot speak normally)· Mr Ford’s voice was choked with emotion as he addressed the mourners.be devoid of emotion formal (=not showing or feeling any emotion)· I find his books completely devoid of emotion.a display/expression of emotion (=an emotion that is shown clearly openly)· Such open displays of emotion made him feel uncomfortable.a sign of emotion· He showed no sign of emotion as the guilty verdict was read out.a hint/trace/flicker of emotion (=a very small sign that someone feels an emotion)· I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in his eyes.a wave/flood/surge/rush of emotion (=a sudden very strong emotion)· A great surge of emotion swept through her when she learnt that he was safe.the depth of an emotion (=how strong an emotion is)· She was surprised by the depth of her emotions.lack of emotion· George’s apparent lack of emotion was too much to bear.
WORD ORIGINemotion
Origin:
1500-1600 French émouvoir ‘to cause to have strong feelings’, from Latin movere ‘to move’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- David usually tries to hide his emotions.
- Her voice was full of emotion as she spoke.
- Parents feel a mixture of emotions when their first child starts school.
- She stared at him, overcome by emotion.
- An individual in a certain state of mind could fix a powerful emotion to a place.
- Can't seem to take the emotion.
- I thought maybe I was just being selfish, it's so difficult to analyse your emotions.
- It is emotion which supplies what may be termed propulsive power to thought.
- It must be restored if we are to understand the emotions at play today, with intolerance being absolutely pivotal.
- These real and more genuine emotions will gradually take over the place of the former all. embracing negative ones.
- They are more likely to be unable to register any emotion.
- They hated the emotions they experienced: I had a person working for me who had no business being a sales rep.
Longman Language Activatora feeling of happiness, anger, fear etc
something that you feel, for example happiness, anger, or fear: · It was a wonderful feeling to be home again.express your feelings: · Many men find it hard to express their feelings.a feeling of horror/sadness/accomplishment etc: · Regular exercise gives a feeling of accomplishment.· After less than a week away, he began to have feelings of homesickness.
a strong serious feeling such as love, hate, or anger that is often difficult to control: · She stared at him, overcome by emotion.· Parents feel a mixture of emotions when their first child starts school.
a particular kind of feeling, especially one that affects your behaviour: · He felt a huge sense of relief after he finished his last exam.· Children need to be given a sense of security.· Both sides admitted there was a sense of urgency to end the strike quickly.· He hated working for his father-in-law but he did it out of a sense of duty to his wife.
a strong and deeply felt emotion, especially a strong feeling of sexual love for someone or a strong belief in an idea or principle: · He throws himself into his art with a creative passion.· There is a common prejudice in this country that Italians display their passions more readily than the English.passion for: · Despite his passion for Carolyn, Mark never seriously considered leaving his wife for her.with a passion: · She hated her ex-husband with a passion.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives She had learned not to show her emotions. Looking at the photographs stirred childhood memories of the long hot summers. Her brain was teeming with a whole tangle of emotions.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Issues such as abortion arouse strong emotions.· The emotion was so intense that she spent most of the movie in tears.
(=having a very strong effect on someone)· Grief is a very powerful emotion.
(=strongly felt, but not always expressed)· He had never revealed these deep emotions to anyone.
(=one that is difficult to deal with)· Painful emotions, stored away in the patient’s memory, can suddenly come flooding back.
(=a very strong emotion that you feel suddenly)· She was filled with an overwhelming emotion of relief.
(=love, happiness, hope etc)· Try to focus on your positive emotions.
(=anger, fear, hate etc)· It’s not easy learning how to deal with negative emotions.
(=a mixture of very different feelings)· She had mixed emotions about seeing him again.
(=emotions that someone feels but does not express)· Crying can release pent-up emotions.
· She sings with great emotion.
(=very strong emotion)· There was real emotion in his voice.
(=strong emotions that someone shows openly and does not control)· The crowd responded to his words with raw emotion.
· the expression of human emotions through music and poetry
verbs· He didn’t show any emotion when I told him I was pregnant.
(=show or talk about)· He had always found it difficult to express his emotions.
· Seeing him with his new wife, she felt emotions that she did not want to feel again.
(also conceal your emotions formal)· Laura could not hide her emotions, or pretend to feel something she did not.
(=deliberately try to make people have strong feelings)· His speech roused the crowd and stirred up their emotions.
phrases (=showing or feeling strong emotions, especially sadness)· When she spoke, Nellie’s voice was full of emotion.
(=feel an emotion so strongly that you cannot behave normally)· As soon as I heard that song, I was overcome with emotion.
(=feel so much emotion that you cannot speak normally)· Mr Ford’s voice was choked with emotion as he addressed the mourners.
formal (=not showing or feeling any emotion)· I find his books completely devoid of emotion.
(=an emotion that is shown clearly openly)· Such open displays of emotion made him feel uncomfortable.
· He showed no sign of emotion as the guilty verdict was read out.
(=a very small sign that someone feels an emotion)· I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in his eyes.
(=a sudden very strong emotion)· A great surge of emotion swept through her when she learnt that he was safe.
(=how strong an emotion is)· She was surprised by the depth of her emotions.
· George’s apparent lack of emotion was too much to bear.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· I left home with conflicting emotions of sadness and excitement.
· Her lips trembled with intense emotion.
· Patients are encouraged to talk about their painful feelings.
She had learned not to show her emotions. Looking at the photographs stirred childhood memories of the long hot summers. Her brain was teeming with a whole tangle of emotions.· She felt torn by conflicting emotions.· Caroline realised that she was floundering in such a morass of conflicting emotions that she hardly knew what to resent most.· She'd felt strangely vulnerable, half afraid, overcome by a mass of conflicting emotions.· In order to understand your conflicting emotions, it may pay you to seek some help from a counsellor.· Sabine watched him go, prey to all kinds of conflicting emotions.· The mind of a young child is not yet strong enough to hold the two conflicting emotions.· Determination weighed the heavier in his conflicting emotions.· But she was being battered by so many conflicting emotions that her brain felt numb.
· Its tragic revelations are presented in a quiet, conversational style which hides deep emotions.· Neither of us cries but we are obviously repressing deep emotions, and peo-ple, sensing this, avert their gaze.· His tongue slid against hers; she shuddered, not with anger nor with displeasure but with some dark, deep emotion.· But so deep is the emotion associated with these symbols, even his voice was not enough to end the springbok fight.· For the first time I was in touch with my deepest emotions.· Performance and Motivation Deep emotions and anxieties emerge during periods of fundamental change.· The simplest emotions are important for they are a base from which other deeper emotions can spring.· Was the child allowed to express a wide and deep range of emotion, or was the expression of particular feelings taboo?
· Deep down we were full of emotion, but there was little sign of it as we settled down to our task.· They were wonderful people who had the full gamut of emotions.· Many would agree but this system ignores the customers who may be full of emotions like fear and helplessness.· She did need a shower to wash away the tension from a day that had been too full of emotion.· It was a desperate moment, full of emotion, urgent.
· She is also very familiar with human emotions, at all seasons of our lives.· He would rather dissect human emotions at the most personal level.· The commodification of human emotions and relations is one of the most pervasive influences of modern advertising.· Instead, he had proved himself to be capable of great human emotion.· Indeed, the sea can be a dull subject when not seen as the setting for human activity and emotion.· We sense that their postures represent mixtures of the human emotions of fear and aggression.· This is true of human behaviour of all kinds, and of human emotions.· From this we put a major explanatory weight on the indigenous construction of human nature and emotions.
· Muddy colours in the aura indicate negative emotions or ill health; clear colours are generally a positive sign.· Conscious work on negative emotions makes the entrance of positive emotions more and more certain, as each day passes.· But all people have experience of negative emotions such as fear and anger.· We begin by looking at the negative emotions.· To survive, they learned to cope with the stresses associated with negative feedback and emotions.· As I have already suggested, unless care is taken, work in the house can become a focus for negative emotions.· The more positive emotions come from the inner part of the emotional centre, the negative emotions from the outer part.
· He wished that Harry was there so that he could talk to him about the painful mixed emotions he was experiencing.· Recounting the matter in present time-without being returned-the patient is using all the intervening years as buffers against the painful emotion.· He stepped back from the microphone and lowered his gaze, lost in painful emotion.· It does not matter whether the engram occurred two hours or ten years ago, painful emotion can be reduced from it.· Physical pain in the contrasurvival chain can suppress painful emotion in the prosurvival chain.· The third example of the painful emotion engram is the third type: loss of an ally by reversal.· You are looking for a painful emotion engram, an instant of loss which will discharge.· A knowledge of the painful emotion engram; 6.
· Love Love is the most positive emotion of all.· Conscious work on negative emotions makes the entrance of positive emotions more and more certain, as each day passes.· This research project aims to do just that, by looking at positive rather than negative emotions.· In order to be successful on the field, everyone needs to generate positive energy and emotion.· Real love is a positive emotion and is truly unselfish.· The more positive emotions come from the inner part of the emotional centre, the negative emotions from the outer part.
· An individual in a certain state of mind could fix a powerful emotion to a place.· The full Moon stirs up powerful emotions but also shows us an image of completeness.· It shows itself in powerful emotions that surprise us, in the richness of dream images, and in phobias and prejudices.· Campaign headquarters thrum with passion, fear, and other powerful emotions.· Anger: in many ways anger is the most powerful of the emotions to come to the surface in early recovery.· You will feel this range of powerful, primal emotions with dizzying, disorientating frequency.· The attraction between a man and a woman can be one of the most powerful emotions known.· Yet we will show you in our next chapter how you can turn the powerful emotion of fear to your advantage.
· It is a topic which raises strong emotions and 80% of the population are opposed to bloodsports.· Korczak Ziolkowski is not the only person ever to feel strong emotion at the thought of Crazy Horse.· Her heart beat - she didn't know with what strong emotion.· Cataplexy is triggered by stress and strong emotion such as laughter, anger, or surprise.· Glynn was not by nature careless or casual; he must have been under strong emotion.· Amazement was the strongest emotion in this disease.· Research has demonstrated that the strong emotions experienced by participants can lead to inappropriate or ineffective responses.· Wordsworth defined poetry as strong emotion recollected in tranquillity.
VERB· But once in a while, when her veil drops, it arouses other emotions.· They were a device to arouse emotions.· Which situations tend to arouse these emotions in you?· Just what was it about this man that he could arouse her strongest emotions so very easily? she thought hazily.· This national event aroused such emotions and nostalgia that people everywhere responded with magnificent donations.· Religion was the political issue which aroused the most passionate emotions amongst the population at large.· The setting up of the agency has aroused strong emotions, but there are widespread misunderstandings about it.· There were tackles which brought the Aberdeen support to their feet in acclamation, and aroused different emotions in the rest.
· Their inner self will avoid exposure by controlling their feelings and emotions.· Once again she threw herself into his arms, unable to control her emotions, and nibbled at his neck.· But she could not, would not, control her emotions.· Though I had carefully studied the fifth chapter of the Ethics, I still did not know how to control my emotions.· If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions.· She didn't like being made to feel like an underage teenager who couldn't control her emotions.· Isabel saw the powerful muscles of his shoulders flex beneath his tunic as he controlled whatever emotion was driving him.
· Alongside similar bloodthirstiness, the romances display the gentler emotions of friendship and exalted love.· Although this probably represented ten times what she would normally expect she displayed no emotion as she accepted it.· First, he should never display emotions.· It was the first time that night Bob had displayed any real emotion.
· Over the weeks, as Matthew experienced his tangle of emotions, his depression lifted.· Jerry West has experienced the gamut of emotions the last four years.· As soon as we fully experience an emotion, it changes.· Whites, miles from any danger, panicked during the riots and don't want to experience that unpleasing emotion again.· He was experiencing a mixture of emotions.· For had she not experienced all of these emotions as she had watched Johnny walk through the garage wall?· Similarly, I can not be refuted if I claim to experience a religious emotion.· At that moment, he and Peter were experiencing very similar emotions.
· To imitate adult play and express some emotions.· There was no expressing of emotions, especially for me.· Many horses may do one thing, but others will do something quite different to express the same emotion.· They are a way to express your emotions.· Allowing birth parents to express their emotions can be an important part of confronting their grief.· Her face expressed only one emotion well: wonderment.· They have difficulty in feeling or expressing their own emotions and in making successful relationships.· This is not simply to say that emotions are expressed, but that emotions are reformed, cleansed, redirected and redeemed.
· I felt a mixture of emotions as I proceeded to unstrap my assortment of protective clothing and equipment.· Korczak Ziolkowski is not the only person ever to feel strong emotion at the thought of Crazy Horse.· She felt torn by conflicting emotions.· It may be the feeling of an emotion never before experienced.· It was making him feel emotions that he didn't want to have again.· As I look at her, I feel an emotion I never had before.· How could she feel such deep emotions for a man who riled her so easily?· I felt a new emotion in an arena once ruled by fear: trust.
· I shall have to hide my emotions better, she decided.· Its tragic revelations are presented in a quiet, conversational style which hides deep emotions.· It had stripped away their ability to hide emotions from each other.· She was feeling her loss much more than she revealed; she was schooled in hiding her emotions.· She was simply not intelligent enough to hide her emotions, to pretend to be feeling something she was not.· Such people give more than they take; they tend to hide their emotions and repress their desires just to please others.· Afterwards her home had become a place of coldness, of ugly, hidden, unspoken emotions.
· Suddenly she felt angry with herself for having let her emotions get out of control.· At halftime, Oregon is up by twelve points, and Jody is trying hard not to let her emotions show.· If Jack wanted something he was not going to let any finer emotions or sensibilities stand in his way.· Resolve not to let emotions run your investments.· The two women hugged each other and let the tears of emotion and release flood out without inhibition.· So let emotions give your life texture.· At one time I didn't let emotions sway me but now I tend to cry easily.· I could not let my emotions sway my reporting.
· He wished that Harry was there so that he could talk to him about the painful mixed emotions he was experiencing.· I have mixed emotions about our passing game.· I have very mixed emotions about it all.· For the State Department, the case produced decidedly mixed emotions.· I drove back to London in a state of mixed emotions.· Despite the loss, the team had mixed emotions about going on an extended break.· It was nice to have a challenging job waiting for me, but I had mixed emotions as I prepared to leave.
· She may have waked and listened to the breathing beside her, and been shaken by unfamiliar emotions and tender resolves.
· Conroy, 27, showed no emotion as he was led away.· I looked into the mirror, my green eyes looking back out at me showing no emotion, no excitement at all.· It shows itself in powerful emotions that surprise us, in the richness of dream images, and in phobias and prejudices.· Eddie rarely showed emotion, and she never cried.· The watching Trees showed no emotion.· As the verdicts were read, Simpson showed no obvious emotion.· Tallis was raised up and five faces stared at her, some smiling, some too dead to show emotion.· The seven-man, five-woman panel showed no emotion.
· It seems to stir up emotions and rake over apparently quiescent turmoil.· But it stirred real emotions among Republicans.· Ludens had sounded so moved, so stirred by some emotion.· The full Moon stirs up powerful emotions but also shows us an image of completeness.· Photographs indicate that she was a bonny young lass likely to stir the emotions of any number of local young men.· Emotions didn't come as easy to this man who stirred so much emotion in other people.· The challengers include two congressmen and a heterodox former Republican senator who stirs strong emotions on both sides of the political fence.· It was a grandiose spectacle, and one that stirred popular emotion.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a whirlpool of emotion/activity etc
- Army regulations prohibit public displays of affection by soldiers, and private hideaways are hard to come by.
- Minimal displays of aggression towards us are usually best ignored.
- Mountain goats are unusual in that mild displays of aggression are especially frequent.
- Such a display of emotions was horrifying.
- I really have never felt even a flicker of emotion when I sang the National Anthem.
- Ruins, she thought, with a flicker of excitement.
- Shiona told herself with just a flicker of uncertainty, changing into second gear as she rounded a bend.
- I have mixed emotions about our passing game.
- It was pretty good, but we left the rugged mountains with mixed feelings.
- Rob had mixed feelings about the house.
- The fifth reason was that mixed feelings seemed to exist about the mass media generally and radio in particular.
- Voice over Around Oxford students from other colleges had mixed feelings.
- Yeske has mixed feelings about the trust accounts known as Uniform Gifts to Minors Act accounts.
- It would be nice to have been able to offload your worries on to some one or something like that.
- Life has been a whirlwind of activity for Rimes, a middle-school student from Garland, Texas.
- That set off a whirlwind of activity.
WORD FAMILYnounemotionemotionalismadjectiveemotional ≠ unemotionalemotiveadverbemotionallyemotivelyverbemote
a strong human feeling such as love, hate, or anger: Her voice was full of emotion.conflicting/mixed emotions Sara listened with mixed emotions. She was good at hiding her emotions. Kim received the news without showing any visible sign of emotion.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesstrong/intense· Issues such as abortion arouse strong emotions.· The emotion was so intense that she spent most of the movie in tears.powerful (=having a very strong effect on someone)· Grief is a very powerful emotion.deep (=strongly felt, but not always expressed)· He had never revealed these deep emotions to anyone.painful (=one that is difficult to deal with)· Painful emotions, stored away in the patient’s memory, can suddenly come flooding back.overwhelming (=a very strong emotion that you feel suddenly)· She was filled with an overwhelming emotion of relief.a positive emotion (=love, happiness, hope etc)· Try to focus on your positive emotions.a negative emotion (=anger, fear, hate etc)· It’s not easy learning how to deal with negative emotions.mixed/conflicting emotions (=a mixture of very different feelings)· She had mixed emotions about seeing him again.pent-up emotions (=emotions that someone feels but does not express)· Crying can release pent-up emotions.great emotion· She sings with great emotion.real emotion (=very strong emotion)· There was real emotion in his voice.raw emotion (=strong emotions that someone shows openly and does not control)· The crowd responded to his words with raw emotion.human emotions· the expression of human emotions through music and poetryverbsshow emotion· He didn’t show any emotion when I told him I was pregnant.express an emotion (=show or talk about)· He had always found it difficult to express his emotions.feel/experience an emotion· Seeing him with his new wife, she felt emotions that she did not want to feel again.hide your emotions (also conceal your emotions formal)· Laura could not hide her emotions, or pretend to feel something she did not.stir up people’s emotions (=deliberately try to make people have strong feelings)· His speech roused the crowd and stirred up their emotions.phrasesbe full of emotion (=showing or feeling strong emotions, especially sadness)· When she spoke, Nellie’s voice was full of emotion.be overcome with emotion (=feel an emotion so strongly that you cannot behave normally)· As soon as I heard that song, I was overcome with emotion.be choked with emotion (=feel so much emotion that you cannot speak normally)· Mr Ford’s voice was choked with emotion as he addressed the mourners.be devoid of emotion formal (=not showing or feeling any emotion)· I find his books completely devoid of emotion.a display/expression of emotion (=an emotion that is shown clearly openly)· Such open displays of emotion made him feel uncomfortable.a sign of emotion· He showed no sign of emotion as the guilty verdict was read out.a hint/trace/flicker of emotion (=a very small sign that someone feels an emotion)· I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in his eyes.a wave/flood/surge/rush of emotion (=a sudden very strong emotion)· A great surge of emotion swept through her when she learnt that he was safe.the depth of an emotion (=how strong an emotion is)· She was surprised by the depth of her emotions.lack of emotion· George’s apparent lack of emotion was too much to bear.