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# emotional

adjective (emotional, more emotional); adverb emotionally

«emotional» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Emotional means about feelings: emotional problems, emotional health. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#m1)
2. An emotional person shows strong feelings easily, such as crying or getting excited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#m2)
3. An emotional event or story makes people feel strong feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and PSHE lessons pupils learn about emotional wellbeing — looking after your feelings as well as your body. In stories it signals tears, joy or strong reactions. Phrases: get emotional, emotional support, emotional moment.

### Examples

- Mum got emotional at my sister's graduation and cried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x1)
- The film had a very emotional ending. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x2)
- Talking to a friend gives you emotional support. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x3)
- He felt emotional when his dog came home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x4)
- Being kind helps people's emotional health. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x5)
- It was an emotional goodbye at the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x6)
- She's very emotional and laughs and cries easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x7)
- As for keeping myself dry, there is evidently no one here who can at all appreciate an emotional nature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x8)

### Note

Noun: emotion (a feeling). Say: e-MO-tion-al. «Emotional» about a person is not an insult in itself, but «too emotional» can be unkind. Both happy and sad feelings can be emotional.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «emotional» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«emotional» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/emotional.html) on Mova free.