emotional

See also: emoțional

English

Etymology

From emotion +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈməʊʃənəl/, /ɪˈməʊʃnəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/, /ɪˈmoʊʃnəl/, /iˈmoʊʃənəl/
Rhymes: -əʊʃənəl

Adjective

emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional)

Of or relating to the emotions.
emotional crisis

emotional lift
Characterised by emotion.
Determined by emotion rather than reason.
emotional decision
Appealing to or arousing emotion.
emotional speech
Easily affected by emotion.
She’s an emotional person.
Readily displaying emotion.
emotional greeting

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Translations

of or relating to the emotions

Bulgarian: чувствен (bg) (čuvstven)
Catalan: emocional
Chinese:
Mandarin: 感情的 (zh) (gǎnqíng de)
Czech: emoční, citový (cs)
Danish: følelsesmæssig, emotionel
Dutch: gevoelsmatig (nl)
Esperanto: emocia, afekcia
Finnish: tunne-, tunne-elämän (genitive of a noun)
French: émotionnel (fr)
Galician: emocional (gl)
German: emotional (de)
Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
Hungarian: érzelmi (hu), érzelmes (hu), hangulati (hu)
Italian: emotivo (it), emozionante (it)
Japanese: 感情的 (ja) (かんじょうてき, kanjōteki)
Korean: 감성적인 (gamseongjeogin)
Latvian: emocionāls
Maltese: emozzjonali
Norwegian:
Bokmål: emosjonell (no), følelsesmessig (no)

Nynorsk: emosjonell
Occitan: emocional (oc)
Polish: emocjonalny (pl), uczuciowy (pl)
Portuguese: emocional (pt), emotivo (pt)
Romanian: emoțional (ro)
Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj), чу́вственный (ru) (čúvstvennyj)
Spanish: emocional (es)
Swahili: simikwa (sw)
Swedish: emotionell (sv), känslomässig (sv)
Tagalog: madamdamin
Turkish: duygusal (tr)

characterised by emotion

Bulgarian: емоционален (bg) (emocionalen)
Catalan: emocional
Chinese:
Mandarin: 感情的 (zh) (gǎnqíng de)
Dutch: emotioneel (nl)
Finnish: tunteellinen (fi)
French: émotionnel (fr)
Galician: emocional (gl)
German: emotional (de)
Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
Italian: emotivo (it)
Japanese: 感情的 (ja) (かんじょうてき, kanjōteki)
Latvian: emcionāls
Maltese: emozzjonali
Maori: whakaaroharoha
Polish: emocjonalny (pl), gorący (pl), wrażliwy (pl)
Portuguese: emocional (pt), emocionado (pt), emotivo (pt)
Romanian: emoțional (ro)
Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj)
Spanish: emocional (es)
Swahili: simikwa (sw), simikwa (sw)
Swedish: känslosam (sv), känslofylld, känsloladdad
Tagalog: madamdamin
Turkish: duygusal (tr)

determined by emotion rather than reason

Bulgarian: емоционален (bg) (emocionalen)
Catalan: emocional
Finnish: tunnepohjainen, tunteeseen perustuva
French: émotif (fr)
Galician: emocional (gl)
German: emotional (de)
Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
Italian: emotivo (it)
Maltese: emozzjonali
Portuguese: emocional (pt), emotivo (pt)
Romanian: emoțional (ro)
Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj)
Spanish: emocional (es), emotivo (es)
Swahili: simikwa (sw)
Swedish: känslostyrd (sv), emotionell (sv)
Tagalog: madamdamin

appealing to or arousing emotion

Bulgarian: вълнуващ (bg) (vǎlnuvašt)
Catalan: emocional
Finnish: tunteisiin vetoava
Galician: emocional (gl)
German: emotional (de)
Indonesian: emosional (id)
Italian: emozionante (it), commovente (it)
Latvian: emocionāls
Maori: whakaaroharoha
Portuguese: emocional (pt), comovente (pt)
Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj), волну́ющий (ru) (volnújuščij)
Swahili: simikwa (sw)

easily affected by emotion

Catalan: emocional
Finnish: tunteellinen (fi), herkkätunteinen
French: émotif (fr)
German: emotional (de)
Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
Indonesian: emosional (id)
Italian: emotivo (it), impressionabile (it)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سۆزدار (ckb) (sozdar)
Latvian: emocionāls
Maori: panapana
Portuguese: emotivo (pt), impressionável
Romanian: emoționabil
Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj), чувстви́тельный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj)
Swahili: simikwa (sw)
Swedish: känslosam (sv)

readily displaying emotion

Bulgarian: емоционален (bg) (emocionalen)
Catalan: emocional
Finnish: tunteellinen (fi), tunnepitoinen
German: emotional (de)
Hebrew: רִגְשִׁי (rigshi)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سۆزدار (ckb) (sozdar)
Latvian: emocionāls
Maltese: emozzjonali
Maori: whakaroharoha, panapana
Portuguese: emotivo (pt)
Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj)
Swahili: simikwa (sw)
Swedish: känslofull (sv)

Noun

emotional (plural emotionals)

An emotional person

German

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

emotional (strong nominative masculine singular emotionaler, comparative emotionaler, superlative am emotionalsten)

emotional

Declension

Positive forms of emotional

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist emotional	sie ist emotional	es ist emotional	sie sind emotional
strong declension (without article)	nominative	emotionaler	emotionale	emotionales	emotionale
	genitive	emotionalen	emotionaler	emotionalen	emotionaler
	dative	emotionalem	emotionaler	emotionalem	emotionalen
	accusative	emotionalen	emotionale	emotionales	emotionale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der emotionale	die emotionale	das emotionale	die emotionalen
	genitive	des emotionalen	der emotionalen	des emotionalen	der emotionalen
	dative	dem emotionalen	der emotionalen	dem emotionalen	den emotionalen
	accusative	den emotionalen	die emotionale	das emotionale	die emotionalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein emotionaler	eine emotionale	ein emotionales	(keine) emotionalen
	genitive	eines emotionalen	einer emotionalen	eines emotionalen	(keiner) emotionalen
	dative	einem emotionalen	einer emotionalen	einem emotionalen	(keinen) emotionalen
	accusative	einen emotionalen	eine emotionale	ein emotionales	(keine) emotionalen

Comparative forms of emotional

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist emotionaler	sie ist emotionaler	es ist emotionaler	sie sind emotionaler
strong declension (without article)	nominative	emotionalerer	emotionalere	emotionaleres	emotionalere
	genitive	emotionaleren	emotionalerer	emotionaleren	emotionalerer
	dative	emotionalerem	emotionalerer	emotionalerem	emotionaleren
	accusative	emotionaleren	emotionalere	emotionaleres	emotionalere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der emotionalere	die emotionalere	das emotionalere	die emotionaleren
	genitive	des emotionaleren	der emotionaleren	des emotionaleren	der emotionaleren
	dative	dem emotionaleren	der emotionaleren	dem emotionaleren	den emotionaleren
	accusative	den emotionaleren	die emotionalere	das emotionalere	die emotionaleren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein emotionalerer	eine emotionalere	ein emotionaleres	(keine) emotionaleren
	genitive	eines emotionaleren	einer emotionaleren	eines emotionaleren	(keiner) emotionaleren
	dative	einem emotionaleren	einer emotionaleren	einem emotionaleren	(keinen) emotionaleren
	accusative	einen emotionaleren	eine emotionalere	ein emotionaleres	(keine) emotionaleren

Superlative forms of emotional

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist am emotionalsten	sie ist am emotionalsten	es ist am emotionalsten	sie sind am emotionalsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	emotionalster	emotionalste	emotionalstes	emotionalste
	genitive	emotionalsten	emotionalster	emotionalsten	emotionalster
	dative	emotionalstem	emotionalster	emotionalstem	emotionalsten
	accusative	emotionalsten	emotionalste	emotionalstes	emotionalste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der emotionalste	die emotionalste	das emotionalste	die emotionalsten
	genitive	des emotionalsten	der emotionalsten	des emotionalsten	der emotionalsten
	dative	dem emotionalsten	der emotionalsten	dem emotionalsten	den emotionalsten
	accusative	den emotionalsten	die emotionalste	das emotionalste	die emotionalsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein emotionalster	eine emotionalste	ein emotionalstes	(keine) emotionalsten
	genitive	eines emotionalsten	einer emotionalsten	eines emotionalsten	(keiner) emotionalsten
	dative	einem emotionalsten	einer emotionalsten	einem emotionalsten	(keinen) emotionalsten
	accusative	einen emotionalsten	eine emotionalste	ein emotionalstes	(keine) emotionalsten

Related terms

Emotion

emotional

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