Synonyms for emotional
ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nlemo·tion·al

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1. emotionaladjective

   determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason

   "it was an emotional judgment"

   Synonyms:
   worked up, aroused, excited

   Antonyms:
   unagitated, unemotional, phlegmatic, intellectual, chilly, philosophical, impassive, unblinking, stoical, philosophic, stoic, cerebral, phlegmatical, stolid, dry

2. emotionaladjective

   of more than usual emotion

   "his behavior was highly emotional"

   Synonyms:
   worked up, aroused, excited

   Antonyms:
   phlegmatical, dry, philosophical, unblinking, stolid, cerebral, philosophic, unemotional, unagitated, impassive, intellectual, stoical, phlegmatic, chilly, stoic

3. emotionaladjective

   of or pertaining to emotion

   "emotional health"; "an emotional crisis"

   Synonyms:
   worked up, aroused, excited

   Antonyms:
   unemotional, unagitated, phlegmatical, stolid, stoical, phlegmatic, chilly, dry, unblinking, philosophical, philosophic, impassive, stoic, cerebral, intellectual

4. aroused, emotional, excited, worked upadjective

   (of persons) excessively affected by emotion

   "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

   Synonyms:
   aroused, horny, stimulated, delirious, aflame, ruttish, stirred, activated, turned on(p), randy, frantic, unrestrained, mad, worked up, wound up, steamy, stirred up, excited, ablaze

   Antonyms:
   phlegmatic, dry, phlegmatical, chilly, impassive, unagitated, philosophic, unemotional, cerebral, stoical, unblinking, intellectual, stoic, philosophical, stolid

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1. List of paraphrases for "emotional":

   affective, emotive, psychological, sentimental, emotions, mental, unemotional

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1. Edwin Diaz:

   It’s really emotional, especially the kind of ninth inning that we had today.

2. Humphreys County:

   We've got some folks that are in their homes that had knee-deep, waist-deep water, that now the water has receded, you've seen us get a little emotional through some of this.

3. Alice Wu:

   I take a character who in a million years would never think she'd be the main character in a movie... but here I make her front and center. I think that's her emotional journey, as she goes from being like an afterthought in the school to being the main character -- like, really owning it in her life, i think that's probably true for a lot of us... we might think about ourselves a lot and we're self-absorbed, but we don't always see ourselves as the main characters in our life.

4. Simon Rich:

   It is supernatural and absurd, but I like to think that when it comes to the character's emotional journey, it's very honest.

5. Susan Ellis:

   It was extremely emotional, within an hour of running tests, they started saying things like,' Has anyone ever mentioned kidney failure to you ?' And we were like what's happening ? What are you talking about ? What does this mean for us ?