emotional
pronunciation
How to pronounce emotional in British English:
UK [ɪˈməʊʃənl]
How to pronounce emotional in American English:
US [ɪˈmoʊʃənl]
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- Adjective:
- determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
- of more than usual emotion
- of or pertaining to emotion
- extravagantly demonstrative
- of persons; excessively affected by emotion
Word Origin
- emotional (adj.)
- 1821, "pertaining to emotion," from emotion + -al (1). Meaning "characterized by or subject to emotions" is attested by 1857. Related: Emotionally. Emotional intelligence coined by mid-1960s, popular from mid-1980s.
Synonym
Example
- 1. But the emotional indian reaction is also understandable .
- 2. Should companies pry into people 's emotional lives ?
- 3. The emotional brain has a huge impact on our decisions .
- 4. Our dreams combine verbal , visual and emotional stimuli into a sometimes broken , nonsensical but often entertaining story line .
- 5. They 're irrational , emotional and intense .