Definitions

emotional

[ih-moh-shuh-nl] / ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl /

ADJECTIVE

demonstrative about feelings

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affecting exciting heated hysterical impassioned moving nervous passionate poignant sensitive sentimental spontaneous touching

WEAK

ardent disturbed ecstatic emotive enthusiastic excitable falling apart fanatical feeling fervent fervid fickle fiery heartwarming histrionic histrionical hot-blooded impetuous impulsive irrational overwrought pathetic responsive roused sentient stirred stirring susceptible tear-jerking temperamental tender thrilling warm zealous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic calm cool dull impassive indifferent numb unaffecting unemotional unenthusiastic unexcited unexciting unmoving

WEAK

physical

Example Sentences

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Will xAI owner SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic, all certainly full of promise, trade in the same emotional way after their expected public offerings?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

In 1991, when I was 17, my first school play was an overly emotional musical about Vietnam at the Royal National Theatre’s Connections competition in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

After an emotional performance on Saturday evening, the British and Irish Lions flanker posted a tribute the following afternoon on social media.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The proposal, first put forward by board member Nick Melvoin, grows out of research suggesting that heavy regular use of digital devices harms academic, emotional and physical development.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Nor has the emotional basis of this kind of magic been lost even today.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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