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emotional

emo·tio·nal

UK/ɪˈməʊʃənəl/ US/ɪˈməʊʃnəl/ common

adjective

1.

determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason

  • “it was an emotional judgment”
Antonyms
2.

of more than usual emotion

  • “his behavior was highly emotional”
3.

of or pertaining to emotion

  • “emotional health”
  • “an emotional crisis”
4.

extravagantly demonstrative

  • “insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship”
  • “a large gushing female”
  • “write unrestrained and gushy poetry”
5.

of persons; excessively affected by emotion

  • “he would become emotional over nothing at all”
  • “she was worked up about all the noise”

Origin

From emotion + -al.

Phrases

  • emotional affair
  • emotional age
  • emotional blackmail
  • emotional competence
  • emotional cripple
  • emotional disturbance
  • emotional eating
  • emotional hardcore

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