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Definition of Express emotion
1. Verb. Give verbal or other expression to one's feelings.
Specialized synonyms: Express Joy, Express Mirth, Laugh, Cry, Weep, Break, Burst, Erupt, Keen, Lament
Lexicographical Neighbors of Express Emotion
Literary usage of Express emotion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plays for Classroom Interpretation by Edwin Van Berghen Knickerbocker (1921)
"But the danger of too much gesture to show feeling is not so great; and if we
are uncertain whether to gesticulate to express emotion, we need not hesitate ..."
2. Studies in Seven Arts by Arthur Symons (1907)
"Music can express emotion and suggest sensation. It can express emotion as directly
as the human voice can express emotion, by an intonation, ..."
3. Psychology: Normal and Morbid by Charles Arthur Mercier (1901)
"Thus women are more apt to experience as well as to express emotion than men.
The expression of emotion by tears, which men lose at an early age, ..."
4. Elementary Lessons in English for Home and School Use by O. N. Knox (1894)
"should be placed after a word or words used to express emotion; thus, Woe! ...
[I. When the letter 0 is used to express emotion, it should be a capital, ..."
5. Writing the Short-story: A Practical Handbook on the Rise, Structure by Joseph Berg Esenwein (1918)
"Write original examples of how (a) diction, (b) figures of speech, and (c) gesture
and posture are made to express emotion. 23. ..."
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