emotional
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2.1
- adjective
- /ɪˈmoʊʃənl/
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emocional
- Her statement epitomizes the emotional quality of the play and the film.
- an emotional response
- emotional support
- emotional abuse
You're trying to create an emotional moment in a piece.
- You're trying to create an emotional moment in a piece.
- This is a very deeply emotional, heavy book.
- This is the most, the most emotional moment of my life.
- But I saw her and I would say her darkest emotional period for sure.
- Your actual first emotional response is this is hilarious.
- Let's try not to get emotional about the NEO day.
- Raise your hand if you have been an emotional wreck after a bad crit.
- And that night was a very emotional conversation around those topics.
- This was a raw, honest, emotional and real episode.
- But my mother is incredibly emotional, incredibly emotional.
- But will they will they actually pick up like emotional facial expressions?
- I think you have experienced deeply emotional, high stakes things.
- My top are mysterious, adventurous, emotional and dark.
Examples
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I'm just a little emotional right now, OK?
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A community of poets can provide emotional support and help you improve your skills.
Academic text (2011) -
This is the most, the most emotional moment of my life.
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One that is the most emotional for me is this one.
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And from looking into your story, what an emotional time that must have been.
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Did you not have a huge emotional connection when Master Chief died?
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This is a very deeply emotional, heavy book.
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Most respondents also received assistance with a range of needs, including financial, emotional, and medical support.
Academic text (2011) -
Raise your hand if you have been an emotional wreck after a bad crit.
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Yesterday's movie was so emotional that many people left the theater in tears.
Synonyms
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2.8
Having very strong feelings about something
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5.8
Being full of strong feelings that show in words or actions
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6.0
Causes strong feelings, often sadness or joy
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
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6.2
Old feelings and problems from the past that still affect how you feel or act
- Specialized
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4.1
The ability to notice, understand, and manage your own feelings and those of other people
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6.3
A severe time when someone cannot manage daily life because of strong feelings
- Specialized
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5.1
A mental condition that causes strong, long-lasting problems with feelings, not caused by clear brain damage
- Slur
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9.6
An insulting way to describe a person who has trouble feeling or showing feelings because of past hurt
- Specialized
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7.4
A mental illness that causes big changes in mood and feeling
- Formal
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6.0
A US school label under the law for students whose strong feelings or behavior problems hurt learning
An emotional reaction you learn when something is often linked with a good or bad event
- Offensive
A person who often takes on other people's feelings without getting help
- Specialized
A computer program or device that notices and reacts to human feelings
- Literature
Used to show someone is drunk without saying so, especially in British English
How Emotional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Emotional comes from the Latin parts em- and movere, which mean 'to move' and are also behind the word emotion and the English verb move. So an emotional person shows strong feelings because those feelings 'move' them to react or cry.