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   emotional

   /ɪˈməʊʃən(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a person's emotions: "gaining emotional support from relatives" Similar spiritualinnerpsychicpsychologicalof the heartOpposite material
   • ▪ arousing or characterized by intense feeling: "an emotional speech" Similar poignantmovingtouchingaffectingpowerfulstirringemotiveheart-rendingheartbreakingheart-warmingsoul-stirringupliftingimpassioneddramaticharrowingtragichauntingpatheticsentimentalover-sentimentalmawkishcloyingsugarysyrupysaccharinelachrymoseinformal:tear-jerkingsoppymushyschmaltzyweepycutesylovey-doveygooeydrippycornballsappyhokeythree-hankyemotivesensitivedelicatedifficultproblematiccontroversialcontentioussubjectiveOpposite dryunfeelingemotionless
   • ▪ (of a person) having feelings that are easily excited and openly displayed: "he was a strongly emotional young man" Similar passionatefeelinghot-bloodedwarmardentferventexcitabletemperamentalmelodramatictempestuousoverchargedresponsivedemonstrativetenderlovingsentimentalsensitiveinformal:verklemptOpposite apatheticcold

   Derivatives

   • 1. emotionalism noun
   • 2. emotionalist noun
   • 3. emotionality noun

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