emotional

adjective

having strong emotions

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊʃənəl/ / /ɪˈməʊʃnəl/ / /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English emotional From emotion + -al.

Of or relating to the emotions.
“emotional crisis”
“emotional lift”
Characterized by emotion.
Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning.
“emotional decision”
“The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).”
Appealing to or arousing emotion.
“emotional speech”
Easily affected by emotion.
“She’s an emotional person.”
Readily displaying emotion.
“emotional greeting”
Overwhelmed by mixed emotions, moved, almost tearful.
“She became emotional hearing about the passing of her mother.”
“I felt so emotional seeing my three-legged poodle win first prize.”

noun

An emotional person