Entry Word: emotional

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having or expressing great depth of feeling <worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form> — see fervent
2 having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies <in one emotional scene in the movie the boy must say goodbye to his extraterrestrial friend> — see moving
3 showing feeling freely <the fact that he is not a very emotional person does not mean that he is not a loving, caring father> — see demonstrative