emotional | ||
1. | [ adjective ] determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason | |
Examples: | "it was an emotional judgment" |
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Related terms: | cerebral | |
2. | [ adjective ] of more than usual emotion | |
Examples: | "his behavior was highly emotional" |
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Related terms: | unemotional lyric Latin bathetic charged bathetic warm-toned little funky affectional mind-blowing moody overemotional soulful het_up hot-blooded cathartic hot-blooded warm passionate moving moved emotionality | |
3. | [ adjective ] of or pertaining to emotion | |
Examples: | "emotional health" "an emotional crisis" |
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Related terms: | emotion | |
4. | [ adjective ] extravagantly demonstrative | |
Synonyms: | gushing gushy effusive | |
Examples: | "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship" "a large gushing female" "write unrestrained and gushy poetry" |
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Related terms: | demonstrative | |
5. | [ adjective ] of persons; excessively affected by emotion | |
Synonyms: | excited worked_up aroused | |
Examples: | "he would become emotional over nothing at all" "she was worked up about all the noise" |
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Related terms: | agitated | |
6. | [ adjective ] of persons; excessively affected by emotion | |
Synonyms: | excited aroused | |
Examples: | "he would become emotional over nothing at all" "she was worked up about all the noise" |
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Related terms: | agitated | |
Similar spelling: |
emotionally emotion emotionality emotionalism emotionless emitting |