emotional

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/ UK /ɪˈməʊʃənəl/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #2629

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to feelings and emotions

She needed time to recover from the emotional shock.
2

adj
Showing or causing strong feelings

It was an emotional farewell at the airport.
3

adj
Tending to show feelings easily or strongly

She is a very emotional person and cries at every film.
4

adj
Based on feelings rather than careful reasoning

They made an emotional decision instead of thinking it through.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · showing or causing strong... moving affecting

3 adj · tending to show feelings... sentimental passionate

Word family

Derived forms antiemotionalemocoreemoshemotionaliseemotionalismemotionalistemotionalisticemotionalityemotionalizationemotionallyemotionalnesshyperemotional

Common collocations

Etymology

From emotion + -al.

*m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities

# emotional

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ɪˈmoʊʃənəl
**IPA (UK):** ɪˈməʊʃənəl
**Frequency rank:** 2629

## Meanings
1. Relating to feelings and emotions
2. Showing or causing strong feelings
3. Tending to show feelings easily or strongly
4. Based on feelings rather than careful reasoning

## Examples
- She needed time to recover from the emotional shock.
- It was an emotional farewell at the airport.
- She is a very emotional person and cries at every film.
- They made an emotional decision instead of thinking it through.

## Derived Forms
- antiemotional
- emocore
- emosh
- emotionalise
- emotionalism
- emotionalist
- emotionalistic
- emotionality
- emotionalization
- emotionally
- emotionalness
- hyperemotional

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *m(y)ewh₁-

## Etymology
From emotion + -al.

## AI Etymology
Emotional is formed from emotion + -al. In current use, the main senses are “Relating to feelings and emotions” and “Showing or causing strong feelings”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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