emotional

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See also: emoțional

English

Etymology

From emotion +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional)

  1. Of or relating to the emotions.
    emotional crisis
    emotional lift
  2. Characterised by emotion.
  3. Determined by emotion rather than reason.
    emotional decision
  4. Appealing to or arousing emotion.
    emotional speech
  5. Easily affected by emotion.
    She’s an emotional person.
  6. Readily displaying emotion.
    emotional greeting

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Translations

Noun

emotional (plural emotionals)

  1. An emotional person

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

emotional (strong nominative masculine singular emotionaler, comparative emotionaler, superlative am emotionalsten)

  1. emotional

Declension

Further reading

  • emotional” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • emotional” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • emotional” in Duden online