emotional
adjective
emo·tion·al
i-ˈmō-sh(ə-)nəl 
1
: of or relating to emotion
an emotional disorder
2
: dominated by or prone to emotion
an emotional person
3
: appealing to or arousing emotion
an emotional sermon
4
: markedly aroused or agitated in feeling or sensibilities
gets emotional at weddings
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Examples of emotional in a Sentence
He's a very emotional person.
worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form
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The lyricist Fred Ebb, who became Minnelli’s closest friend, created with his composing partner John Kander an emotional canvas for Liza’s charisma as surely as Josef von Sternberg did for Marlene Dietrich.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 June 2024
The narrative transforms an undercurrent of emotional frustration into deep, lyrical beauty.
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By David Sims The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Annie Baker has long been a master of silence; her work delights in long, sometimes torturous pauses, letting audiences fill in emotional gaps themselves.
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The father-son duo embrace in a celebratory, emotional hug before Jayson sits his son back down onto the court.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 June 2024
The narrative transforms an undercurrent of emotional frustration into deep, lyrical beauty.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
By David Sims The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Annie Baker has long been a master of silence; her work delights in long, sometimes torturous pauses, letting audiences fill in emotional gaps themselves.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 June 2024
The father-son duo embrace in a celebratory, emotional hug before Jayson sits his son back down onto the court.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
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emotional
adjective
emo·tion·al
i-ˈmō-shnəl
-shən-ᵊl
1
: of or relating to the emotions
an emotional upset
2
: likely to show or express emotion : easily moved
an emotional person
3
: causing one to feel emotion
an emotional speech
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