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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. 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.

3. 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.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › emotionalEMOTIONAL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   adjective. 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:

5. 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.

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

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   Jun 15, 2024 · 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.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishemotional adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   /ɪˈməʊʃənl/ [usually before noun] connected with people’s feelings (= with the emotions) emotional problems/stress. The emotional impact of the film is powerful and lasting. He clearly feels an emotional connection to the place. a child’s emotional and intellectual development.

8. 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.

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.

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

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    noun. 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.

11. 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.