emotional
adjective
emo·tion·al
i-ˈmō-sh(ə-)nəl 
1
: of or relating to emotion
an emotional disorder
2
: dominated by or prone to emotion
an emotional person
3
: appealing to or arousing emotion
an emotional sermon
4
: markedly aroused or agitated in feeling or sensibilities
gets emotional at weddings
Synonyms
Examples of emotional in a Sentence
He's a very emotional person.
worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form
Recent Examples on the Web
Throughout Tortured Poets, Swift is trying to work out how emotional violence occurs: how men inflict it on women and women cultivate it within themselves.
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Ann Powers, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health will build a consultation system that supports the social, emotional and mental health of infants and young children.
—Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
The emotional and political impact—in the region and globally—is likely to be generational.
—Ziad Asali, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
With depth and emotional resonance, Elizabeth Ai’s lively first feature is both an endearingly nostalgic exploration of the defiant Vietnamese new wave music scene, as well as a vulnerable and personal look at the filmmaker and her community’s revisiting of their unexamined past.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Arizona law requires schools to develop a plan to deal with instances of physical, social or emotional bullying.
—Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
To generalize, Water From Your Eyes is about provocative pop experiments; This Is Lorelei is for more straightforwardly emotional verse/chorus songs.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
Kelce — who was drafted by the Eagles in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft — recently announced his retirement during an emotional press conference on March 4.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
The dictionary was used to assess the emotional subtext of the tweets Jones amassed, as well as a sample of 6 million tweets posted on the day of the eclipse.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Ann Powers, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health will build a consultation system that supports the social, emotional and mental health of infants and young children.
—Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
The emotional and political impact—in the region and globally—is likely to be generational.
—Ziad Asali, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
With depth and emotional resonance, Elizabeth Ai’s lively first feature is both an endearingly nostalgic exploration of the defiant Vietnamese new wave music scene, as well as a vulnerable and personal look at the filmmaker and her community’s revisiting of their unexamined past.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Arizona law requires schools to develop a plan to deal with instances of physical, social or emotional bullying.
—Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
To generalize, Water From Your Eyes is about provocative pop experiments; This Is Lorelei is for more straightforwardly emotional verse/chorus songs.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
Kelce — who was drafted by the Eagles in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft — recently announced his retirement during an emotional press conference on March 4.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
The dictionary was used to assess the emotional subtext of the tweets Jones amassed, as well as a sample of 6 million tweets posted on the day of the eclipse.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
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emotional
adjective
emo·tion·al
i-ˈmō-shnəl
-shən-ᵊl
1
: of or relating to the emotions
an emotional upset
2
: likely to show or express emotion : easily moved
an emotional person
3
: causing one to feel emotion
an emotional speech
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