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   e·mo·tion·al

   /əˈmōSH(ə)nəl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a person's emotions: "children with emotional difficulties" Similar spiritualinnerpsychicpsychologicalof the heartOpposite material
   • ▪ arousing or characterized by intense feeling: "an emotional speech" Similar poignantmovingtouchingaffectingpowerfulstirringemotiveheart-rendingheartbreakingheartwarmingsoul-stirringupliftingimpassioneddramaticharrowingtragichauntingpatheticsentimentaloversentimentalmawkishcloyingsugarysyrupysaccharinelachrymoseinformal:tear-jerkingsoppymushyschmaltzyweepycutesylovey-doveygooeydrippycornballsappyhokeythree-hankyemotivesensitivedelicatedifficultproblematiccontroversialcontentioussubjectiveOpposite dryunfeelingemotionless
   • ▪ (of a person) having feelings that are easily excited and openly displayed: "he was a strongly emotional young man" Similar passionatefeelinghot-bloodedwarmardentferventexcitabletemperamentalmelodramatictempestuousoverchargedresponsivedemonstrativetenderlovingsentimentalsensitiveinformal:verklemptOpposite apatheticcold

   Derivatives

   • 1. emotionalism noun
   • 2. emotionalist noun
   • 3. emotionality noun

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › emotionalEmotional Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of EMOTIONAL is of or relating to emotion. How to use emotional in a sentence.

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   EMOTIONAL definition: 1. relating to the emotions: 2. having and expressing strong feelings: 3. relating to the…. Learn more.

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   When you're emotional, you're feeling lots of feelings, or emotions: happy, sad, afraid, lonely, mad. An emotional speech makes you stand up and cheer. An emotional movie tugs on your heartstrings.

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   pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions. 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.

6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › emotionEmotion Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of EMOTION is a conscious mental reaction (such 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.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishEMOTIONAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Emotional means concerned with emotions and feelings. I needed this man's love, and the emotional support he was giving me. Victims are left with emotional problems that can last for life.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › emotionalemotional adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   Definition of emotional adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishEMOTION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   EMOTION definition: 1. a strong feeling such as love or anger, or strong feelings in general: 2. a strong feeling such…. Learn more.

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    emotional meaning, definition, what is emotional: relating to your feelings or how you con...: Learn more.

11. www.dictionary.com › browse › emotionEMOTION Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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    an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness. any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love, etc.