- emotion
- nounADJECTIVE▪ deep, extreme, intense, overwhelming, powerful, profound, strong, violent▪ genuine, heartfelt, real, true▪ complex▪ conflicting, contradictory, mixed, tangled▪
She felt torn by conflicting emotions.
▪ strange▪ dark, destructive, negative, violent▪We teach people to handle negative emotions such as fear and anger.
▪ positive▪ inner, innermost▪ basic, primary▪ pure, raw▪a moving performance full of raw emotion
▪ painful▪ heightened▪the heightened emotions which resulted from the terrorist attack
▪ pent-up, suppressed▪Years of pent-up emotion came out as he sobbed.
▪ human▪Fear is a normal human emotion.
… OF EMOTION▪ flicker, hint, trace▪There wasn't a hint of emotion in his eyes.
▪ flood, rush, surge, wave▪She felt a sudden rush of emotion at the thought of seeing him again.
▪ display▪She could not cope with such public displays of emotion.
VERB + EMOTION▪ experience, feel▪the emotions that we experience as children
▪He felt no emotion as she left.
▪ be choked with, be filled with, be overcome with▪Her voice was choked with emotion.
▪ be devoid of, be drained of, lack▪ communicate, convey, display, express, show▪Drama can help children to express their emotions.
▪The woman's face showed no emotion.
▪ capture▪The film captures the real emotion of this terrible event.
▪ release▪Releasing these emotions is part of the healing process.
▪ channel▪ share▪Boys often find it difficult to share their emotions.
▪ betray, reveal▪ shake with, tremble with▪She realized she was shaking all over with emotion.
▪ bottle up, conceal, hide, hold back, mask, repress, stifle, suppress▪ control, regulate▪ cope with, deal with, fight, handle, manage▪ confront▪Victims of crime are encouraged to confront their emotions.
▪ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, stir, stir up, trigger▪an incident that has aroused strong emotions locally
▪ be charged with, be full of▪a speech that was charged with emotion
▪ read, sense▪You could read his emotions by looking into his eyes.
PREPOSITION▪ with emotion, without emotion▪She spoke with deep emotion.
PHRASES▪ depth of emotion, intensity of emotion▪The movie has a surprising depth of emotion for a comedy.
▪ emotions run high (= people feel very angry, nervous, excited, etc.)▪Emotions are running high on the issue.
▪ a gamut of emotions, a range of emotions▪Her performance in the play covered the whole gamut of emotions.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
