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tuntemus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • affection noun A feeling of fondness, warmth, or love toward someone.
  • emotion noun A strong feeling, such as joy, anger, fear, or sadness, often accompanied by physical changes in the body.
  • feeling noun An emotion or emotional state.
  • sensation noun A physical feeling produced by something affecting the body or senses.
  • sentiment noun An opinion, attitude, or general feeling about something.
  • vibe noun The general feeling or atmosphere given off by a person, place, or situation.

Senses

tuntemus is used for these senses in English:

  • affection The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
  • emotion 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.
  • feeling Sensation, particularly through the skin.
  • feeling Emotion; impression.
  • sensation A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
  • sentiment (uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.
  • vibe (informal, originally, New Age jargon, often, in the plural) An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. [c. 1960s]

emotion — full definition

  1. noun A strong feeling, such as joy, anger, fear, or sadness, often accompanied by physical changes in the body.
  2. noun Feeling as opposed to reason; the emotional side of a person's response to something.

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