Collocations for emotion - noun

deep, extreme, intense, overwhelming, powerful, profound, strong, violent | complex | conflicting, contradictory, mixed, tangled
She felt torn by conflicting emotions.

destructive, negative
Counselling can teach people to handle negative emotions such as fear and anger.

positive | inner, innermost | painful | fragile
The nurse was handling his fragile emotions very carefully.

raw
a moving performance full of raw emotion

pent-up, suppressed
Years of pent-up emotion came out as he sobbed.

human
Fear is a normal human emotion.

flicker, hint, trace
There wasn''t a hint of emotion in his eyes.

flood, rush, surge, wave
She felt a sudden rush of emotion at the thought of seeing him again.

display
She could not cope with such public displays of emotion.

experience, feel
the emotions that we experience as children He felt no emotion as she left.

be choked with, be filled with, be overcome with
Her voice was choked with emotion.

be devoid of, be drained of | display, express, show
Drama can help children to express their emotions. | The woman''s face showed no emotion.

release
Releasing these emotions is part of the healing process.

betray | shake with, tremble with
She realized she was shaking all over with emotion.

bottle up, control, hide, stifle, suppress | cope with, deal with, handle | confront
Counsellors encourage victims of crime to confront their emotions.

arouse, provoke, stir (up)
an incident that has aroused strong emotions locally

be charged with, be full of
a speech that was charged with emotion

with/without ~
She spoke with deep emotion.

depth/intensity of emotion
The film has a surprising depth of emotion for a comedy.

a gamut/range of emotions
Her performance in the play covered the whole gamut of emotions.