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emotional

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of emotional

1 having or expressing great depth of feeling

  • worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form
Synonyms of emotional

ardent, blazing, burning, charged, demonstrative, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, incandescent, intense, passional, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, religious, superheated, torrid, vehement, warm, warm-blooded
Words Related to emotional

gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, sugary

histrionic, melodramatic

enthusiastic, gung ho, keen, zealous

enamored, infatuated, obsessed

uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained

frenzied, orgiastic, overemotional, overexcited, overheated
Phrases Synonymous with emotional

on fire
Near Antonyms of emotional

detached, dry, impersonal, objective

reserved, undemonstrative
Antonyms of emotional

cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional

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
Synonyms of emotional

affecting, impactful, impressive, moving, poignant, stirring, touching
Words Related to emotional

eloquent, expressive, meaningful, significant

demonstrative, excitable, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive

exciting, inspirational, provoking, rousing, stimulating

dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric)

cathartic
Near Antonyms of emotional

cold, cool, detached, dispassionate, emotionless

deadpan
Antonyms of emotional

unaffecting, unemotional, unimpressive

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
Synonyms of emotional

demonstrative, effusive, touchy-feely, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained
Words Related to emotional

dramatic, histrionic, hyperemotional, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric)

gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, sentimental

communicative, expansive

extroverted (also extraverted), outgoing

affectionate, feeling, intense, loving, passionate, sensitive, soulful, warm

blunt, candid, frank, outspoken, plain
Near Antonyms of emotional

constrained

quiet, reticent, silent, taciturn

bashful, modest, retiring, shy

introverted, self-directed

aloof, detached, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, unfeeling

chilly, cold, frigid, glacial, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hard-hearted, icy, unfriendly
Antonyms of emotional

inhibited, reserved, restrained, undemonstrative, unemotional

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