emotional

1. 1
   about feelingsadjective

   Connected with feelings rather than with the body or with thinking.

   The school nurse helps students with emotional problems as well as physical ones.

   Pets can give older people real emotional support.

   Similarpsychological, affective

2. 2
   full of feelingadjective

   Full of strong feelings such as joy, sadness, or anger.

   It was an emotional goodbye when she left for college.

   The meeting turned emotional when the layoffs came up.

   Oppositeunemotional, restrained, subdued

3. 3
   adjective

   Causing strong feelings in people, or meant to bring them out.

   The charity video was emotional, with sad music and pictures of hungry children.

   His emotional speech made everyone in the room want to help.

   Similartouching, moving, poignant, heartbreaking

4. 4
   adjective

   Having such strong feelings that you are almost crying.

   She got emotional during her daughter's wedding speech and had to stop.

   The coach became emotional after the team won the championship.

   UsagePeople say get emotional when they almost cry.

   Similaroverwhelmed, moved, overcome

   Oppositecomposed, unmoved

5. 5
   shows feelings easilyadjective

   Describes a person who has strong feelings easily and often shows them.

   My grandmother is emotional and cries at every movie.

   He is an emotional boy who feels hurt by small jokes.

   UsagePeople often say too emotional, and it can sound unkind.

6. 6
   driven by feelingadjective

   Coming from strong feelings instead of careful thinking.

   Like choosing with your heart instead of your head.

   Buying the sports car was an emotional choice, not a smart one.

   Don't make an emotional decision while you are still angry.

   Similarsentimental

   Oppositerational, logical, dispassionate

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