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emotional state

emotional state

22 3.6
A person's feelings at a certain time
  • noun
  • /ɪˈmoʊʃənl steɪt/
translation icon : estado emocional
  • That would maybe be a good way to, to measure what emotional state someone is in.
  • a negative emotional state
  • a positive emotional state
  • an unpleasant emotional state

Fear is a huge emotional state which I like to remind people of.

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Examples

  • So we know that one way to take stock of our emotional state is to pay attention to our breathing.

  • Her emotional state shifted dramatically when she received the good news about her promotion.

  • You saw my emotional state, took advantage of me and brought me to this point.

  • Even in my confused and emotional state, though, I knew better than to ask.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Based on the emotional state, how should we proceed?

  • Most stated that their emotional state depends heavily on the performance itself.

    Academic text (1994)
  • We need this rapid and large change in emotional state to create a moment of thrill.

  • Disease cannot live in a body that's in a healthy emotional state.

  • The class will then attempt to guess the emotional state that the sculptor is trying to convey.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Imagine that it can make educated guesses about the patient's emotional state based on their face and posture.

Synonyms

state
vsemotional state
1.6

The condition of someone or something at a particular time

restricts meaning to feelings and emotions not any general condition
mood
vsemotional state
529 1.0

A temporary feeling that affects how someone acts

refers to feelings at a particular time often involving pleasure or dejection
state of mind
vsemotional state
99 3.4

A person's mood or feeling at a particular time

focuses mainly on feelings like pleasure or sadness rather than broader thoughts
mental state
vsemotional state
34 4.0

The way a person feels and thinks at a certain time

focuses specifically on momentary feelings like pleasure or dejection rather than long term state
affect
vsemotional state
  • Specialized
14 9.5

The way a person shows feelings on their face or in their voice

describes the inward feeling condition rather than its outward display
psychological state
vsemotional state
1 6.3

A person's thoughts and feelings at a certain time

is about immediate emotional condition especially pleasure or dejection rather than broad psychology

How Emotional

catathymia
  • Specialized
9.9
emotional state
22 3.6
mood
529 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

emotional + state

The meaning 'a person's condition with respect to their feelings' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'emotional' (relating to emotions) with 'state' (a condition). This adjective + noun composition is a common, predictable pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Emotional state joins emotional (feelings) and state (a condition). Imagine your feelings like the weather inside you—calm, stormy or bright—so the phrase came to mean the current 'condition' of someone's feelings.