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Emotional Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Emotional
(a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
(a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
| WordNet 2.0 |
emotional
Adjective
1. determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason; "it was an emotional judgment"
(antonym) cerebral, intellectual
2. of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
(antonym) unemotional
(similar) affectional, affective, emotive
(see-also) moved(p)
(attribute) emotionality, emotionalism
3. of or pertaining to emotion; "emotional health"; "an emotional crisis"
(pertainym) emotion
4. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"
(synonym) effusive, gushing(a), gushy
(similar) demonstrative
5. of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"
(synonym) aroused, excited, worked up
(similar) agitated
Adjective
1. determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason; "it was an emotional judgment"
(antonym) cerebral, intellectual
2. of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
(antonym) unemotional
(similar) affectional, affective, emotive
(see-also) moved(p)
(attribute) emotionality, emotionalism
3. of or pertaining to emotion; "emotional health"; "an emotional crisis"
(pertainym) emotion
4. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"
(synonym) effusive, gushing(a), gushy
(similar) demonstrative
5. of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"
(synonym) aroused, excited, worked up
(similar) agitated
| Australian Slang |
Tired and emotional
euphemistic description of a person who is drunk
euphemistic description of a person who is drunk
| hEnglish - advanced version |
emotional
emotional
\e*mo"tion*al\ (?), a. pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
emotional
adj
1. determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason; "it was an emotional judgment" [ant: cerebral]
2. of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" [ant: unemotional]
3. of or pertaining to emotion; "emotional health"; "an emotional crisis"
4. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry" [syn: effusive, gushing(a) , gushy]
5. of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise" [syn: aroused, excited, worked up ]
similar words(2)
emotional state
emotional person
emotional
\e*mo"tion*al\ (?), a. pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
emotional
adj
1. determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason; "it was an emotional judgment" [ant: cerebral]
2. of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" [ant: unemotional]
3. of or pertaining to emotion; "emotional health"; "an emotional crisis"
4. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry" [syn: effusive, gushing(a) , gushy]
5. of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise" [syn: aroused, excited, worked up ]
similar words(2)
emotional state
emotional person
Emotional Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Emotional
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Emotional Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Emotion
"Emotional" redirects here. For other uses see Emotional (disambiguation)
An emotion is a "complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements, by which the individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter of event." It arises without conscious effort and is either positive or negative in its valence.
Other closely related terms are:
- affect, a synonym for emotion
- affect display, external display of emotion
- disposition, referring to a durable differentiating characteristic of a person, a tendency to react to situations with a certain emotion
- feeling, which usually refers to the subjective, phenomenological aspect of emotion
- mood, which refers to an emotional state of duration intermediate between an emotion and a disposition
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