emotional B1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/ UK /ɪˈməʊʃənəl/ See IPA manual 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... movingaffecting 3 adj · tending to show feelings... sentimentalpassionate Word family Derived forms antiemotionalemocoreemoshemotionaliseemotionalismemotionalistemotionalisticemotionalityemotionalizationemotionallyemotionalnesshyperemotional Common collocations emotional state Adjective + noun emotional support Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From emotion + -al. *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown