Synonyms of emotional

emotional

adjective

i-ˈmō-sh(ə-)nəl 

1

as in passionate

having or expressing great depth of feeling

worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form

Synonyms & Similar Words

• passionate
• passional
• warm
• intense
• religious
• fervent
• demonstrative
• fiery
• charged
• ardent
• enthusiastic
• glowing
• impassioned
• burning
• feverish
• sentimental
• perfervid
• vehement
• fervid
• incandescent
• flaming
• torrid
• blazing
• superheated
• melodramatic
• red-hot
• warm-blooded
• hot-blooded
• mawkish
• histrionic
• sugary
• saccharine
• sloppy
• on fire
• sappy
• mushy
• maudlin
• schmaltzy
• gushy
• zealous
• obsessed
• uninhibited
• gung ho
• gushing
• frenzied
• keen
• infatuated
• orgiastic
• unrestrained
• overemotional
• unreserved
• enamored
• overheated
• overexcited

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cold
• dispassionate
• cool
• dry
• impassive
• unemotional
• objective
• impersonal
• detached
• emotionless
• reserved
• undemonstrative

2

as in impressive

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impressive
• excitable
• passionate
• exciting
• poignant
• inspirational
• touching
• moving
• dramatic
• theatrical
• impactful
• meaningful
• stirring
• eloquent
• expressive
• feeling
• affecting
• significant
• demonstrative
• melodramatic
• sensitive
• provoking
• responsive
• stimulating
• cathartic
• histrionic
• rousing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unemotional
• cold
• unimpressive
• dispassionate
• detached
• emotionless
• cool
• unaffecting
• deadpan

3

as in affectionate

showing feeling freely

the fact that he is not a very emotional person does not mean that he is not a loving, caring father

Synonyms & Similar Words

• affectionate
• loving
• uninhibited
• demonstrative
• effusive
• outgoing
• passionate
• touchy-feely
• sentimental
• feeling
• sensitive
• unreserved
• theatrical
• unrestrained
• dramatic
• melodramatic
• intense
• histrionic
• warm
• communicative
• mawkish
• expansive
• soulful
• mushy
• outspoken
• maudlin
• schmaltzy
• gushy
• blunt
• extroverted
• frank
• hyperemotional
• candid
• gushing
• plain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unemotional
• restrained
• undemonstrative
• inhibited
• silent
• reserved
• quiet
• constrained
• modest
• reticent
• shy
• bashful
• indifferent
• dispassionate
• introverted
• retiring
• phlegmatic
• emotionless
• detached
• cold
• glacial
• aloof
• taciturn
• icy
• unfeeling
• impassive
• stolid
• unconcerned
• frigid
• unfriendly
• chilly
• self-directed
• hard-edged
• hard-hearted
• hard-boiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of emotional

The colliding scandals embarrassed the city of South Lake Tahoe, a Sierra Nevada enclave of about 21,000 people near the Nevada border, where residents addressed the situation at an emotional City Council meeting last year. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Brian Anderson, a professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University, explains how those connections form and why new memories may help ease their emotional impact. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026

In a better world this would be the record’s emotional centerpiece, but there’s another relationship on the album that has more of an impact. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026

The cigars are so good that Eric, Carole’s emotional support gay, and Preston, Erin’s emotional support gay, are lighting their cigars in the same flame. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026