English Online Dictionary. What means emotional? What does emotional mean?
English
Etymology
From emotion + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈməʊʃənəl/, /ɪˈməʊʃnəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/, /ɪˈmoʊʃnəl/, /iˈmoʊʃənəl/
- Rhymes: -əʊʃənəl
Adjective
emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional)
- Of or relating to the emotions.
- Synonym: temperamental
- Characterised by emotion.
- Synonym: sentimental
- Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning.
- Synonym: sentimental
- Appealing to or arousing emotion.
- Synonyms: poignant, touching; see also Thesaurus:moving
- Easily affected by emotion.
- Synonyms: passionate, perfervid
- Readily displaying emotion.
- Synonyms: demonstrative, effusive
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
emotional (plural emotionals)
- An emotional person
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
emotional (strong nominative masculine singular emotionaler, comparative emotionaler, superlative am emotionalsten)
- emotional
Declension
Related terms
- Emotion
Further reading
- “emotional” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “emotional” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “emotional” in Duden online