n.
Pronunciation: i- ' m ō -sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from emouvoir to stir up, from Old French esmovoir, from Latin emov ē re to remove, displace, from e- + mov ē re to move
Date: 1579
1 a obsolete : DISTURBANCE b : EXCITEMENT
2 a : the affective aspect of consciousness : FEELING b : a state of feeling c : a conscious mental reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body
synonyms see FEELING