emotion

Meanings

Plural: emotions

Noun

any strong feeling
Movement; agitation.
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.
A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed 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”).

Synonyms

affect, emotion, feeling, kibun, senniment, sensation, sentiment, touch

Scrabble Score: 9

emotion is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
emotion is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
emotion is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

emotion is a valid Words With Friends word