- a strong feeling such as love, fear or anger; the part of a person’s character that consists of feelings
- to show/express your emotions
- They expressed mixed emotions at the news.
- Counselling can teach people to handle negative emotions such as fear and anger.
- Fear is a normal human emotion.
- This documentary manages to capture the raw emotions of life at the tough end.
- Emotions are running high (= people are feeling very excited, angry, etc.).
- She showed no emotion at the verdict.
- The decision was based on emotion rather than rational thought.
- Mary was overcome with emotion.
Culture feelingsfeelingsThe British reserve, a general national habit of avoiding showing strong emotion of any kind, is well known. Many visitors to Britain think that because the British do not express their feelings easily they are cold and they don't care about people. Keeping a stiff upper lip, not showing or talking about your feelings, was thought in the past to be a sign of strong character, and people who revealed their feelings were thought to be weak or bad-mannered. This attitude is far less common today and people are now encouraged to show or talk about their feelings.Most British men, and some women, are embarrassed to be seen crying in public. People are also embarrassed when they see somebody crying, and do not know whether it is better to pretend they have not noticed or to try and comfort them. Women are more likely to respond than men and will put their arm round the person or touch their shoulder. Many people now show feelings of affection in public. People sometimes kiss each other on the cheek as a greeting and may greet or say goodbye to each other with a hug (= putting their arms round each other). Lovers hold hands in public, and sometimes embrace and kiss each other. Some British people are embarrassed about showing anger. If somebody starts to complain in public, for example, about being kept waiting in a restaurant, people around them may pretend not to hear and avoid getting involved.When British people are part of a crowd they are less worried about expressing their emotions. Football crowds sing and they cheer when their side scores a goal. Players hug each other when they score. Even cricket supporters, who in the past had a reputation for being much quieter, cheer as well as giving the traditional polite applause.Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb1- He lost control of his emotions.
- Through her work she expresses a wide range of emotion.
- Counsellors encourage victims of crime to confront their emotions.
- Drama can help children to express their emotions.
- Emotions are running high on the issue.
- He felt no emotion as she left.
- It's about allowing kids to express feelings and emotions through art.
- 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.
- a spectacle which no one can view without emotion
- 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
- spontaneous outpourings of emotion
- This is the kind of expression of emotion that touches a deeper chord.
- She was overwhelmed by the emotion of the moment.
- The young boy bit his lip to keep his emotions in check.
- There's nothing in this movie that will stir your emotions.
- His imagery conveys intense emotion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- extreme
- intense
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- flicker
- hint
- trace
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- experience
- feel
- be choked with
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- with emotion
- without emotion
- depth of emotion
- intensity of emotion
- emotions run high
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Word Originmid 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.
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