emotional
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
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- United Kingdom//ɪˈməʊʃnəl//
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Of or relating to the emotions.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the emotions.
emotional crisis
emotional lift
One of the biggest shifts is that much of the conversation about emotional labor has left its original sphere of the workplace and moved to the home.
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Characterized by emotion.
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Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning.
emotional decision
The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
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Appealing to or arousing emotion.
emotional speech
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Easily affected by emotion.
She’s an emotional person.
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Readily displaying emotion.
emotional greeting
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Overwhelmed by mixed emotions, moved, almost tearful.
She became emotional hearing about the passing of her mother.
I felt so emotional seeing my three-legged poodle win first prize.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional From emotion + -al.
noun
- 1
An emotional person
Forms
- plural
- emotionals
- comparative
- more emotional
- superlative
- most emotional
emotional · Of or relating to the emotions.
emotionally · In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.empathy · Identification with or understanding of the thoughts,…emperor · The male monarch or ruler of an empire.