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   emotional

   /ɪˈməʊʃən(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a person's emotions: "gaining emotional support from relatives" Similar spiritualinnerpsychicpsychologicalof the heartOpposite material
   • ▪ arousing or characterized by intense feeling: "an emotional speech" Similar poignantmovingtouchingaffectingpowerfulstirringemotiveheart-rendingheartbreakingheart-warmingsoul-stirringupliftingimpassioneddramaticharrowingtragichauntingpatheticsentimentalover-sentimentalmawkishcloyingsugarysyrupysaccharinelachrymoseinformal: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.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishEMOTIONAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   having and expressing strong feelings: He's a very emotional man. I felt quite emotional during the wedding ceremony. He became very emotional when I told him I was pregnant. The president has made an emotional plea for the killing to stop. Fewer examples. The missing child's distraught parents made an emotional appeal for information on TV.

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   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.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › emotionalEmotional - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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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. The opposite of emotional is logical: logical things have more to do with your head, while emotional things are all about your heart.

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. How to use emotion in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Emotion.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishemotional 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.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishEMOTIONAL | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   EMOTIONAL definition: 1. relating to emotions: 2. showing strong feelings, or making people have strong feelings: 3. An…. Learn more.

9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › emotionalemotional | meaning of emotional in Longman Dictionary of...

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

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

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    Emotion definition: 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.. See examples of EMOTION used in a sentence.

11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryEMOTIONAL definition in American English | Collins English...

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    An emotional situation or issue is one that causes people to have strong feelings.