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adjective |
| definition 1: |
Something emotional is something that has to do with how people feel. If you have an emotional problem, you have a problem connected with your emotions.
The doctor said that Ryan's stomach problem could be caused by something emotional. Maybe it's because he still feels nervous in his new school.- antonyms:
- physical
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| definition 2: |
When someone is an emotional person, it means that they often get strong feelings about things. If a person gets emotional at one moment, some particular thing is making them have strong feelings.
Dan is an emotional boy who gets angry easily. He gets very sad sometimes too and then he doesn't want to talk to anyone.My grandma got very emotional when she read all her birthday cards. We could see the tears in her eyes.- synonyms:
- sensitive
- antonyms:
- emotionless
- similar words:
- nervous, vulnerable
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| definition 3: |
If something is emotional, it causes you to feel emotions.
We thought this movie was going to have mostly action in it, but it had some emotional scenes too.- synonyms:
- moving
- similar words:
- intense, thrilling
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| related words: |
dramatic |
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| derivation: |
emotionally (adv.) |
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