Emotion

Noun

 * 1) A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
 * 2) A reaction by an non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

Adjectives for Emotion
poignant; intellectual; enthusiastic; touched; pent-up; gentle; repressed; inscrutable; barbaric;  profound;  blushing;  conflicting; fierce; dark; complex; vague; vindictive; turbulent; painful; dominant; disturbing; desirable; private; desperate; kindled; human; extraordinary; petty; ardent; suitable; exulting; tremulous; generous; primitive; perfect; sudden; passionate; unquiet; joyful; parental; unmaidenly; chivalric; opposite; irrevocable; decadent; violent; indescribable; timid; charitable; passive; transient; repentant; trembling; contending; diverse; tumultuous; untried; sensitive; irrepressible; scornful; rapid; lively; mingled; suppressed; distinct; contradictory; intricate; dead; keen; sincere; adult; unstable; overwhelming; evident; patriotic; quivering; natural; intense; irreproachable; educated; anguished; elusive; corresponding; religious; tender; similar; singular; gushing;  innocent; inner; spontaneous; aesthetic; genuine; hot-headed; silent; excited; immature; shallow; cheap; neat; compelling; inelastic; visible; awe-inspiring; incomprehensible strong; sham; momentary; adulterated  sociable; inward; intimate; surcharged   acute; sustained; sympathetic; wandering; rebellious; compassionate; catholic; outward; tragic; burning; awakened; volcanic; uncontrollable; ineffable; synthetic; perverted; antagonistic; distressful; frozen; deepest; inmost; swelling; ill-concealed; pleasing; vehement; undisciplined; unfathomable; dumb; subdued; passion-hued; haggard; inexpressible; encompassing; unrestrained;  facile;   full-fledged; causeless; primal; deadened; inwrought; honest; confused; incomparable; personable; incongruous; incredible; indefinable; devastating; vivid; depressive; over-powering;   simultaneous;   old-fashioned; mysterious; unearthly; ultimate.

Verbs for Emotion
appeal to—; arouse—; awaken—; batter down—; betray—;  blunt—;  cherish—; choke—; conquer—; control—; cover—; curb—; disentangle—s; experience—; express—; falsify—; feign—; hide—; kindle — lavish—on; move with—; overflow with—; palpitate with—; play with—; prompt by—; pulsate with—; quake with—; quiver with—; register—; respond to—; restrain —; still—-; suppress—; sway with—; toy with—s; tremble with—; vanquish—; vent —; whip up—; wrench by—; wring with—; —s clas'h; —s conflict; '—governs; —recurs; —s riot; —seizes; —surges; —vacillates.

Thesaurus
sentiment, stance, stimulation, susceptibilities, undercurrent, way of thinking, a high, affect, affection, affectivity, arousal, attitude, emotional charge, emotional shade, emotivity, excitability, excitedness, excitement, exhilaration, experience, feeling, feeling tone, foreboding, gut reaction, heartthrob, impression, manic state, mental attitude, opinion, passion, position, posture, presentiment, profound sense, psychology, reaction, response, responsiveness, sensation, sense, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity,

Etymology
From émotion:, from émouvoir: based on Latin emotus:, past participle of emovo:, from e-: (variant of ex-:), and movo:.

Derived terms

 * emotionable
 * emotional

Synonyms

 * feeling, affect

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: emoció
 * Chinese: 感情
 * Czech:
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 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: Emoco
 * Italian:
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 * Lithuanian: emocija
 * Maltese:
 * Pashto: احساس
 * Persian: احساس, هیجان
 * Polish:
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 * Samogitian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: faireachdainn, reachd
 * Serbian: osećaj, čuvstvo
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,