emotional

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   excessively affected by emotion

   They would become emotional over nothing at all.

2. 2
   adj

   of more than usual emotion

   Our behavior was highly emotional.

3. 3
   adj

   determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason

   it was an emotional judgment

4. 4
   adj

   of or pertaining to emotion

   emotional health

5. 5
   adj

   Of or relating to the emotions.

   emotional crisis

6. 6
   adj

   Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning.

   emotional decision

7. 7
   adj

   Appealing to or arousing emotion.

   emotional speech

8. 8
   adj

   Easily affected by emotion.

   She’s an emotional person.

Etymology

From emotion + -al.