If it has anything to do with feelings like happiness or anger, then consider it emotional. A co-worker who cries at the drop of a hat is overly emotional.

Definition of emotional adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

EMOTIONAL definition: 1. relating to the emotions: 2. having and expressing strong feelings: 3. relating to theโ€ฆ. Learn more.

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Emotional means concerned with emotions and feelings. I needed this man's love, and the emotional support he was giving me. Victims are left with emotional problems that can last for life.

EMOTIONAL meaning: 1 : relating to emotions; 2 : likely to show or express emotion easily upset, excited, etc.

Synonyms for EMOTIONAL: passionate, passional, warm, intense, religious, fervent, demonstrative, fiery; Antonyms of EMOTIONAL: cold, dispassionate, cool, dry, impassive, unemotional, objective, โ€ฆ

EMOTIONAL definition: pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions. See examples of emotional used in a sentence.

Emotional is the more general and neutral word for referring to anything to do with the emotions and emotional states. Emotive has the more restricted meaning of `tending to arouse emotion', and is โ€ฆ

Jan 18, 2026ย ยท Adjective emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional) Of or relating to the emotions. Synonym: temperamental emotional crisis

Emotional is the more general and neutral word for referring to anything to do with the emotions and emotional states. Emotive has the more restricted meaning of `tending to arouse emotion', and is โ€ฆ

Jan 18, 2026ย ยท Adjective emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional) Of or relating to the emotions. Synonym: temperamental emotional crisis

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