emotion
A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object…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.
» I have mixed emotions about this.
У мене змішані почуття щодо цього.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Gefühl, Empfindung f Emotion
эмо́цияemócija, чу́вствоčúvstvo
емо́ціяemócija, почуття́počuttjá
(countable, uncountable)A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Movement; agitation.
- any strong feeling
Examples
354 sentencesI have mixed emotions about this.
У мене змішані почуття щодо цього.
She can't control her emotions.
Вона не може контролювати свої емоції.
ruОна не может контролировать свои эмоции.
deSie hat ihren Gemütszustand nicht unter Kontrolle.
Tom couldn't control his emotions.
Том не зміг стримати свої почуття.
ruТом не мог контролировать свои эмоции.
We often express our emotions nonverbally.
Ми часто висловлюємо емоції невербальним способом.
deWir drücken unsere Gefühle oft ohne Worte aus.
Tom tried to control his emotions.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”), basBorrowed from Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”), based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).
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Forms
plural: emotionsSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable