emotional
adjective
overemotional
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a word derived from
emotional.
Example Sentences
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Because, aside from when you’re the teen in question, it almost always looks ridiculous when a kid is just an overemotional, theatrical mess of a broken heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Look up old videos of Leonard Bernstein conducting Mahler, and you’ll see how an approach like this can go wrong: Bernstein looks mannered, overemotional, performatively in search of transcendence.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2020
It is inaccurate, overemotional and, at times, libellous towards those she accused of attacking her good friend.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2017
The rest of the letter read like one of those scammy, overemotional emails that show up in my junk folder.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2013
He was as stiff as a stalk of celosia, already up to his ears in overemotional shenanigans.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
