Definition of EMOTION

emotion

Plural: emotions

Noun

  • A strong feeling derived from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships.
  • 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.

Examples

  • Playing a bingo always brings out an EMOTION of pure joy in Scrabble players.

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”).

Scrabble Score: 9

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

Words With Friends Score: 11

emotion: valid Words With Friends Word