emotional
adjective
1. determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
- it was an emotional judgment
2. of more than usual emotion
- his behavior was highly emotional
Similar word(s): affectional, affective, emotive, bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, cathartic, releasing, charged, supercharged, funky, little, lyric, lyrical, moody, temperamental, overemotional, sloppy, soulful, affected, moved, stirred, touched, moving, passionate, warm
3. of or pertaining to emotion
- emotional health
- an emotional crisis
4. (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
- he would become emotional over nothing at all
Similar word(s): agitated, aroused, excited
Sentences with emotional as an adjective:
- emotional crisis
- emotional decision
- emotional speech
- She’s an emotional person.
- emotional greeting