Emotion Running High People Feeling Based Fear Felt

• he lost control of his emotions.
• they expressed mixed emotions at the news.
• emotions are running high (= people are feeling very excited, angry, etc.).
• the decision was based on emotion rather than rational thought.

emotion

1. a strong feeling such as love, fear or anger; the part of a person’s character that consists of feelings
• He lost control of his emotions.
• They expressed mixed emotions at the news.
• Emotions are running high (= people are feeling very excited, angry, etc.).
• The decision was based on emotion rather than rational thought.
• She showed no emotion at the verdict.
• Mary was overcome with emotion.

Extra Examples

• Counselling can teach people to handle negative emotions such as fear and anger.
• Counsellors encourage victims of crime to confront their emotions.
• Drama can help children to express their emotions.
• Emotions are running high on the issue.
• Fear is a normal human emotion.
• He felt no emotion as she left.
• Her performance in the play covered the whole gamut of emotions.
• Her voice was choked with emotion.
• Releasing these emotions is part of the healing process.
• She could not cope with such public displays of emotion.
• She felt a sudden rush of emotion at the thought of seeing him again.
• She felt torn by conflicting emotions.
• She realized she was shaking all over with emotion.
• She spoke with deep emotion.
• The film captures the real emotion of this terrible event.
• The film has a surprising depth of emotion for a comedy.
• The nurse was handling his fragile emotions very carefully.
• The woman’s face showed no emotion.
• There wasn’t a hint of emotion in his eyes.
• Years of pent-up emotion came out as he sobbed.
• You could read his emotions by looking into his eyes.
• a moving performance full of raw emotion
• a speech that was charged with emotion
• an incident that has aroused strong emotions locally
• the emotions that we experience as children
• the heightened emotions which resulted from the terrorist attack

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (denoting a public disturbance): from French émotion, from émouvoir ‘excite’, based on Latin emovere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + movere ‘move’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.