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EMOTIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
Example:
she was worked up about all the noise
Synonyms:
aroused; emotional; excited; worked up
Classified under:
Similar:
agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)
Derivation:
emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of more than usual emotion
Example:
his behavior was highly emotional
Classified under:
Similar:
warm-toned (used of music)
soulful (full of or expressing deep emotion)
overemotional; sloppy (excessively or abnormally emotional)
moody; temperamental (subject to sharply varying moods)
mind-blowing (intensely affecting the mind or emotions)
lyric; lyrical (expressing deep emotion)
little (small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context))
hot-blooded (prone to emotion)
het up (worked up emotionally by anger or excitement)
funky; low-down ((of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues)
charged; supercharged (fraught with great emotion)
cathartic; releasing (emotionally purging (of e.g. art))
bathetic; drippy; hokey; kitschy; maudlin; mawkish; mushy; sappy; schmaltzy; schmalzy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy (effusively or insincerely emotional)
affectional; affective; emotive (characterized by emotion)
Also:
affected; moved; stirred; touched (being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion)
moving (arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion)
passionate (having or expressing strong emotions)
warm (psychologically warm; friendly and responsive)
Attribute:
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Antonym:
unemotional (unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion)
Derivation:
emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
Example:
it was an emotional judgment
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
cerebral (involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct)
Derivation:
emotion (any strong feeling)
emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to emotion
Example:
an emotional crisis
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
emotion (any strong feeling)
Derivation:
emotion (any strong feeling)
emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Context examples:
These loci are also associated with other areas that correlate with increased cognitive performance and intracranial volume, decreased levels of emotional instability (neuroticism) and decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
(Researchers identify genetic links to educational attainment, NIH)
They hypothesize that such individuals might be at increased risk for alcohol use disorder or emotional dysfunction problems, which are hallmarks of chronic exposure to high levels of stress.
(Researchers identify brain circuits that help people cope with stress, NIH)
Blood lead concentrations measured in more than 1,300 preschool children in China were associated with increased risk of behavioral and emotional problems, such as being anxious, depressed, or aggressive.
(Lead in kids’ blood linked with behavioral and emotional problems, NIH)
The chance of developing certain emotional and social disorders can vary depending on your sex.
(Anxiety molecules affect male and female mice differently, NIH)
A therapeutic technique in which art is used to express and explore emotions and to help address or heal emotional problems or traumas.
(Art therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatment that uses the making of art and the response to art to improve one’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
(Art therapy, NCI Dictionary)
What's more, the negative cognitive, emotional, and physical effects of poor sleep habits are well-established, and yet most previous research has focused on preschool age and younger.
(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A specialist who talks to patients and their families about emotional and personal matters, and can help them make decisions.
(Counselor, NCI Dictionary)
Symptoms may also include personality changes and emotional problems.
(Dementia, NCI Dictionary)
A question about an individual's overall emotional well being.
(Overall Emotional Well Being, NCI Thesaurus)
