emotional

See also: emoțional

English

Etymology

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emotion +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈməʊʃənəl/, /ɪˈməʊʃnəl/
• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/, /ɪˈmoʊʃnəl/, /iˈmoʊʃənəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊʃənəl

Adjective

emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional)

1. Of or relating to the emotions.

   emotional crisis

   emotional lift

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from emotional

• emotional cripple
• emotionalise (also emotionalize)
• emotionalism

• emotionally
• hyperemotional
• nonemotional
• overemotional

Translations

of or relating to the emotions

• Bulgarian: чувствен (bg) (čuvstven)
• Catalan: emocional
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感情的 (zh) (gǎnqíng de)

• Czech: emoční m, citový (cs) m
• Danish: følelsesmæssig, emotionel
• Dutch: gevoelsmatig (nl)
• Esperanto: emocia, afekcia
• Finnish: tunne-, tunne-elämän (genitive of a noun)
• French: émotionnel (fr)
• Galician: emocional m or f
• German: emotional (de)
• Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
• Hungarian: érzelmi (hu), érzelmes (hu), hangulati
• Italian: emotivo (it) m, emozionante (it) m
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• Japanese: 感情的 (ja) (かんじょうてき, kanjōteki)
• Korean: 감성적인 (gamseongjeogin)
• Latvian: emocionāls
• Maltese: emozzjonali
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: emosjonell (no), følelsesmessig (no)

  Nynorsk: emosjonell

• Polish: uczyciowy
• Portuguese: emocional (pt), emotivo (pt)
• Romanian: emoțional (ro)
• Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj), чу́вственный (ru) (čúvstvennyj)
• Spanish: emocional (es) m or f
• Swahili: simikwa (sw)
• Swedish: emotionell (sv), känslomässig (sv)
• Tagalog: madamdamin

characterised by emotion

• Bulgarian: емоционален (bg) (emocionalen)
• Catalan: emocional
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感情的 (zh) (gǎnqíng de)

• Dutch: emotioneel (nl)
• Finnish: tunteellinen (fi)
• French: émotionnel (fr)
• Galician: emocional m or f
• German: emotional (de)
• Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
• Italian: emotivo (it) m
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• Japanese: 感情的 (ja) (かんじょうてき, kanjōteki)
• Latvian: emcionāls
• Maltese: emozzjonali
• Maori: whakaaroharoha
• Portuguese: emocional (pt), emocionado (pt), emotivo (pt)
• Romanian: emoțional (ro)
• Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj)
• Spanish: emocional (es)
• Swahili: simikwa (sw), simikwa (sw)
• Swedish: känslosam (sv), känslofylld, känsloladdad
• Tagalog: madamdamin

determined by emotion rather than reason

• Bulgarian: емоционален (bg) (emocionalen)
• Catalan: emocional
• Finnish: tunnepohjainen, tunteeseen perustuva
• French: émotif (fr)
• Galician: emocional m or f
• German: emotional (de)
• Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
• Italian: emotivo (it) m
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• Maltese: emozzjonali
• Portuguese: emocional (pt), emotivo (pt)
• Romanian: emoțional (ro)
• Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj)
• Spanish: emocional (es), emotivo (es)
• Swahili: simikwa (sw)
• Swedish: känslostyrd (sv), emotionell (sv)
• Tagalog: madamdamin

appealing to or arousing emotion

• Bulgarian: вълнуващ (bg) (vǎlnuvašt)
• Catalan: emocional
• Finnish: tunteisiin vetoava
• Galician: emocional m or f
• German: emotional (de)
• Indonesian: emosional (id)
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• Italian: emozionante (it) m, commovente (it) m
• Latvian: emocionāls
• Maori: whakaaroharoha
• Portuguese: emocional (pt), comovente (pt)
• Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj), волну́ющий (ru) (volnújuščij)
• Swahili: simikwa (sw)

easily affected by emotion

• Catalan: emocional
• Finnish: tunteellinen (fi), herkkätunteinen
• French: émotif (fr)
• German: emotional (de)
• Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
• Indonesian: emosional (id)
• Italian: emotivo (it) m, impressionabile (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Latvian: emocionāls
• Maori: panapana
• Portuguese: emotivo (pt), impressionável
• Romanian: emoționabil
• Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj), чувстви́тельный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj)
• Swahili: simikwa (sw)
• Swedish: känslosam (sv)

readily displaying emotion

• Bulgarian: емоционален (bg) (emocionalen)
• Catalan: emocional
• Finnish: tunteellinen (fi), tunnepitoinen
• German: emotional (de)
• Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: emocionāls
• Maltese: emozzjonali
• Maori: whakaroharoha
• Portuguese: emotivo (pt)
• Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj)
• Swahili: simikwa (sw)
• Swedish: känslofull (sv)

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

emotional (comparative emotionaler, superlative am emotionalsten)

1. emotional

Related terms

• Emotion

Further reading

• “emotional” in Duden online