Sekirov Dictionary

emotional

UK /ɪˈməʊʃənəl/US /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/

adjective 7
noun 1
forms 3
phrases 2

adjective7

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connected with what someone feels inside
- One of the biggest shifts is that much of the conversation about emotional labor has left its original sphere of the workplace and moved to the home. — 2018
•
Overwhelmed by mixed emotions, moved, almost tearful.
- She became emotional hearing about the passing of her mother.
- I felt so emotional seeing my three-legged poodle win first prize.
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Easily affected by emotion.
- She’s an emotional person.
Characterized by emotion.
Readily displaying emotion.
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Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning.
- The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology). — 1973
Appealing to or arousing emotion.

noun1

An emotional person

forms

emotionals · more emotional · most emotional

Phrases with emotional

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