Synonyms for emotional
- adjective
Most common
emotive affective poignant expressive agitated excited passionate overwhelmed
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Emotive — appealing to or arousing emotion
emotive, affective, poignant, expressive, lyrical, soulful, touching, pathetic, affecting, moving, touched, affectional rare
3. Passionate — easily affected by emotion
passionate, quick-tempered, emotionable rare, perfervid rare
4. Overwhelmed — overwhelmed by mixed emotions, moved, almost tearful
Other
sentimental, temperamental, maudlin, demonstrative, excitable, effusive, affectual rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Appealing to or arousing emotion.
- adj. 2
Easily affected by emotion.
She’s an emotional person.
- adj. 3
Overwhelmed by mixed emotions, moved, almost tearful.
She became emotional hearing about the passing of her mother.
- adj. 4
Of or relating to the emotions.
Example sentences
- expressive Sometimes gestures are more expressive than speech.
- poignant The poignant ending of the movie made all of us cry.
- affective Be careful! Affective dependency is not synonym for love!
- aroused The speaker aroused the anger of the audience.
- flustered Tom got flustered while filling out the paperwork.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| emotional | rising | |
| expressive | rising | |
| poignant | rising | |
| affective | rising | |
| emotive | rising | |
| aroused | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- moved1
- 6 letters
- moving2
- 7 letters
- excited3, touched1, lyrical3, aroused2, soulful2, emotive3, maudlin2
- 8 letters
- overcome3, touching2, pathetic3, agitated4, poignant2, effusive3
- 9 letters
- affecting3, affective3, flustered2, excitable4, perfervid, affectual
- 10 letters
- passionate3, expressive3
- 11 letters
- overwhelmed3, sentimental4, affectional, emotionable
- 13 letters
- temperamental4, demonstrative4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moving2 = 2 syllables).