variants:
or hyper-emotional
Definition of hyperemotional
: extremely or overly emotional
hyperemotional employees She uses the term "hysteria" in the layman's sense to refer broadly to any hyperemotional state accompanied by histrionic and attention-seeking behaviour.— Stuart Sutherland
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The first known use of hyperemotional was in 1894
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