emotional
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Definition of emotional
8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or relating to the emotions.
“emotional crisis”
“emotional lift”
“One of the biggest shifts is that much of the conversation about emotional labor has left its original sphere of the workplace and moved to the home.”
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adj
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Of or relating to the emotions.
“emotional crisis”
“emotional lift”
“One of the biggest shifts is that much of the conversation about emotional labor has left its original sphere of the workplace and moved to the home.”
- Characterized by emotion.
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Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning.
“emotional decision”
“The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).”
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Appealing to or arousing emotion.
“emotional speech”
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Easily affected by emotion.
“She’s an emotional person.”
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Readily displaying emotion.
“emotional greeting”
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Overwhelmed by mixed emotions, moved, almost tearful.
“She became emotional hearing about the passing of her mother.”
“I felt so emotional seeing my three-legged poodle win first prize.”
noun
- An emotional person
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English emotional From emotion + -al.
Words you can make from emotional
200+ playable · top: MOTIONAL (10 pts)
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13 words6-letter words
35 words- ANOMIE 8 pts
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