emotional meaning and definition

EMOTIONAL adjective

Definition of emotional (adjective)

1. determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
   • "it was an emotional judgment"
   • antonym: cerebral
2. of more than usual emotion
   • "his behavior was highly emotional"
   • antonym: unemotional
3. of or pertaining to emotion
   • "emotional health"; "an emotional crisis"
4. (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
   • "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"
   • synonyms: aroused, excited, worked up