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emotion

/ɪˈməʊʃn/noun

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भावना, संवेग, मनोभाव

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    a strong feeling such as love, fear or anger; the part of a person's character that consists of feelings

    भावना, संवेग, मनोभाव

    • Her voice trembled with emotion.
    • Fear is a powerful emotion.
    • He let emotion cloud his judgement.
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    • She spoke with great emotion about her grandmother.
    • Anger is an emotion that many people find hard to control.
    • The film was full of emotion and left the audience in tears.
    • Students should learn to manage emotion during exams.

    Synonyms feeling sentiment passion

    Opposite reason logic indifference

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emotion (countable) = a particular feeling

Used with a or in the plural for specific feelings such as joy, fear or anger.

आनंद, भय या क्रोध जैसी विशेष भावनाओं के लिए a के साथ या plural में प्रयोग होता है।

  • Fear is a powerful emotion.
  • The film showed a range of emotions.

emotion (uncountable) = strong feeling in general

Without an article it means feeling as opposed to reason, or deep feeling in someone's voice.

Article के बिना यह तर्क के विपरीत भावना या आवाज़ में गहरे भाव को बताता है।

  • Her voice shook with emotion as she thanked her teachers.
  • Don't let emotion rule your decisions.

with/without emotion; show/hide emotion

With and without describe the manner of speaking or acting, while show and hide are verbs to display or conceal feeling.

'With' और 'without' बोलने या करने का ढंग बताते हैं, जबकि show और hide भावना प्रकट करने या छिपाने की क्रियाएँ हैं।

  • He read the letter without any emotion.
  • Many men are taught to hide their emotions.

emotion vs emotional vs emotionally

Emotion is a noun, emotional is the adjective and emotionally is the adverb.

'Emotion' संज्ञा, 'emotional' विशेषण और 'emotionally' क्रिया-विशेषण है।

  • It was an emotional farewell, and everyone was emotionally drained.
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adjective + emotion

strongmixedrawgenuinenegativehuman

  • On the day of the result she felt mixed emotions.

verb + emotion

expresssuppresscontrolarousestir upconceal

  • A good poem can arouse deep emotions in the reader.

emotion + noun

intelligencemanagementrecognitionspectrum

  • Emotion management helps students cope with exam stress.

emotion + of

an emotion of joya surge of emotiona flood of emotiona display of emotion

  • A surge of emotion swept through the stadium when India won.
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  • Radhika could not hide her emotion when she received her appointment letter.

नियुक्ति-पत्र मिलने पर राधिका अपनी भावनाएँ छिपा नहीं सकी।

  • Anger and envy are negative emotions.

क्रोध और ईर्ष्या नकारात्मक भावनाएँ हैं।

  • The speaker's voice was full of emotion.

वक्ता की आवाज़ भावनाओं से भरी थी।

  • Teachers should not let emotion affect the marking of answer sheets.

शिक्षकों को भावनाओं को उत्तर-पुस्तिकाओं की जाँच पर असर नहीं डालने देना चाहिए।

  • Indian cinema has always been strong in emotion and music.

भारतीय सिनेमा भावनाओं और संगीत में हमेशा समृद्ध रहा है।

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✗ He was filled with emotional when he saw his mother.

✓ He was filled with emotion when he saw his mother.

After the preposition with, a noun is needed, so use emotion, not the adjective emotional.

Preposition 'with' के बाद noun चाहिए, इसलिए विशेषण 'emotional' नहीं, 'emotion' लिखें।

✗ She is a very emotion girl.

✓ She is a very emotional girl.

A word before a noun must be an adjective, so use emotional.

Noun से पहले विशेषण चाहिए, इसलिए 'emotional' लिखें।

✗ I felt an emotion of angry.

✓ I felt an emotion of anger.

After of, use a noun (anger), not an adjective (angry).

'of' के बाद noun (anger) आता है, विशेषण (angry) नहीं।

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Emotion, feeling and sentiment all describe inner reactions, but differ in strength and sense.

'Emotion', 'feeling' और 'sentiment' तीनों आंतरिक प्रतिक्रियाएँ हैं, पर तीव्रता और अर्थ में अंतर है।

emotion

A strong, usually obvious state of mind such as joy, grief or anger.

प्रसन्नता, दुख या क्रोध जैसी तीव्र और प्रायः स्पष्ट मानसिक अवस्था।

  • Grief is a deep emotion.

sentiment

A settled opinion or tender feeling, often shared by many people.

एक स्थिर मत या कोमल भाव, जो प्रायः बहुत से लोगों में साझा होता है।

  • Public sentiment was against the new tax.
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emotional adj.emotionally adv.emotive adj.
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emotional or emotive?

Emotional describes a person or a reaction full of feeling: 'an emotional farewell'. Emotive describes a subject or language that arouses strong feelings: 'an emotive issue', 'emotive words'.

Emotional उस व्यक्ति या प्रतिक्रिया के लिए है जिसमें भावना भरी हो, जैसे 'an emotional farewell'। Emotive उस विषय या भाषा के लिए है जो तीव्र भावनाएँ जगाए, जैसे 'an emotive issue', 'emotive words'।

The emotional/emotive pair is a sentence-improvement item.

Sentence improvement में emotional और emotive का अंतर पूछा जाता है।