emotional
[ih-moh-shuh-nl]
- pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- subject to or easily affected by emotion: We are an emotional family, given to demonstrations of affection.
- appealing to the emotions: an emotional request for contributions.
- showing or revealing very strong emotions: an emotional scene in a play.
- actuated, effected, or determined by emotion rather than reason: An emotional decision is often a wrong decision.
- governed by emotion: He is in a highly emotional state of mind.
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Contemporary Examples
In the process, we get straightjacketed into emotionally distant, competitive lives.
In this American dream, we are emotionally tied to the people and land of our communities.
This year, with slightly more worldliness and way fewer drinks consumed, I could see the emotionally fraught underbelly.
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Many of the women also claimed they were in emotionally vulnerable states when Cosby allegedly set his sights on them.
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Fatherless and emotionally needy, du Pont was a loner who sought companionship and adoration—usually at great financial cost.
Historical Examples
Both the experience and the anticipation of it were emotionally exciting.
Cleo The MagnificentLouis Zangwill
Economics are stubborn things and cannot be successfully dealt with emotionally.
War TaxationOtto H. Kahn
The time has come when beneficence, to be real, must operate scientifically, not emotionally.
Dr. SevierGeorge W. Cable
This information was given to me not emotionally but as it were officially.
The Arrow of GoldJoseph Conrad
To Bettina, emotionally tense, the real world had disappeared.
Glory of YouthTemple Bailey
emotional
- of, characteristic of, or expressive of emotion
- readily or excessively affected by emotion
- appealing to or arousing emotionan emotional piece of music
- caused, determined, or actuated by emotion rather than reasonan emotional argument
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