emotional

English

Etymology

emotion +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA: /imoʊʃɒnəl/

Adjective

emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional)

1. Of or relating to the emotions.

   emotional crisis

2. Characterised by emotion.
3. Determined by emotion rather than reason.

   emotional decision

4. Appealing to or arousing emotion.

   emotional speech

5. Easily affected by emotion.

   She’s an emotional person.

6. Readily displaying emotion.

   emotional greeting

Synonyms

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• demonstrative
• effusive
• sentimental
• temperamental

Related terms

• emotionalise (also emotionalize)
• emotionalism
• emotionally

Translations

of or relating to the emotions

Bulgarian: чувствен (bg) Catalan: emocional (ca) Czech: emoční (cs) m., citový (cs) m. Esperanto: emocia (eo) Finnish: tunne-, tunne-elämän (genitive of a noun) German: emotional (de) Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (he) (rigshi) Hungarian: érzelmi (hu), érzelmes (hu), hangulati (hu)

Italian: emotivo (it) m., emozionante (it) m. Korean: 감성적인 (ko) Maltese: emozzjonali (mt) Romanian: emoțional (ro) Russian: эмоциональный (ru) Spanish: emocional (es) m. and f. Swahili: simikwa (sw)

characterised by emotion

Bulgarian: емоционален (bg) Catalan: emocional (ca) Finnish: tunteellinen (fi) German: emotional (de) Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (he) (rigshi)

Italian: emotivo (it) m. Maltese: emozzjonali (mt) Romanian: emoțional (ro) Swahili: simikwa (sw), simikwa (sw)

determined by emotion rather than reason

Bulgarian: емоционален (bg) Catalan: emocional (ca) Finnish: tunnepohjainen, tunteeseen perustuva German: emotional (de) Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (he) (rigshi)

Italian: emotivo (it) m. Maltese: emozzjonali (mt) Romanian: emoțional (ro) Swahili: simikwa (sw)

appealing to or arousing emotion

Bulgarian: вълнуващ (bg) Catalan: emocional (ca) Finnish: tunteisiin vetoava German: emotional (de)

Indonesian: emosional (id) Italian: emozionante (it) m., commovente (it) m. Swahili: simikwa (sw)

easily affected by emotion

Catalan: emocional (ca) Finnish: tunteellinen (fi), herkkätunteinen (fi) German: emotional (de) Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (he) (rigshi) Indonesian: emosional (id) Italian: emotivo (it) m., impressionabile (it) m.

Kurdish: Sorani: سۆزدار (ku) (sozdAr) Romanian: emoționabil (ro) Swahili: simikwa (sw) Swedish: känslosam (sv)

readily displaying emotion

Bulgarian: емоционален (bg) Catalan: emocional (ca) Finnish: tunteellinen, tunnepitoinen German: emotional (de) Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (he) (rigshi) Kurdish: Sorani: سۆزدار (ku) (sozdAr)

Maltese: emozzjonali (mt) Swahili: simikwa (sw) Swedish: känslofull (sv)

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German

Adjective

emotional (comparative emotionaler, superlative am emotionalsten)

1. emotional

Related terms

• Emotion