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emotional
[ ih-moh-shuh-nl ]
adjective
- subject to or easily affected by emotion:
We are an emotional family, given to demonstrations of affection.
Synonyms: sentimental, demonstrative, effusive, temperamental
Antonyms: unsentimental, inexpressive, undemonstrative
- appealing to the emotions:
an emotional request for contributions.
- showing or revealing very strong emotions:
an emotional scene in a play.
- actuated, effected, or determined by emotion rather than reason:
An emotional decision is often a wrong decision.
- governed by emotion:
He is in a highly emotional state of mind.
emotional
/ ɪˈməʊʃənəl /
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or expressive of emotion
- readily or excessively affected by emotion
- appealing to or arousing emotion
an emotional piece of music
- caused, determined, or actuated by emotion rather than reason
an emotional argument
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Derived Forms
- eˌmotionˈality, noun
- eˈmotionally, adverb
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Other Words From
- e·motion·al·ly adverb
- hyper·e·motion·al adjective
- hyper·e·motion·al·ly adverb
- none·motion·al adjective
- none·motion·al·ly adverb
- over·e·motion·al adjective
- over·e·motion·al·ly adverb
- pree·motion·al adjective
- pree·motion·al·ly adverb
- pseudo·e·motion·al adjective
- pseudo·e·motion·al·ly adverb
- quasi-e·motion·al adjective
- quasi-e·motion·al·ly adverb
- semi·e·motion·al adjective
- semi·e·motion·al·ly adverb
- une·motion·al adjective
- une·motion·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emotional1
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Example Sentences
Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!
Human evolution has left men as deeply wired for emotional connections to children as women are.
She had been, he says, the backbone of their family and losing her shifted their entire emotional landscape.
This breach is an extraordinary emotional drag on the exhausted population.
But it is the lasting emotional scars that have been the hardest to deal with.
It was, of course, the suppressed emotional energy finding another outlet.
First, the act of prayer is emotional, and so calms the man who prays, for much of his excitement is worked off.
Artistic and emotional by temperament, he early threw himself heart and soul into literature.
I was blinded by passion; but that my emotional depths were not even stirred was manifested by the rapidity of my convalescence.
What have we to do with such dreamy, self-centred, emotional holiness, here and now in London?
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