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emotional — emotional, emotive Emotional and emotive both mean ‘connected with or appealing to the emotions’, but emotional is the word more often used in the neutral sense ‘relating to emotions’ whereas emotive has a stronger sense of ‘causing emotion’: •… … Modern English usage
emoţional — EMOŢIONÁL, Ă, emoţionali, e, adj. Care este propriu emoţiilor; provocat de o emoţie; care produce o emoţie; emotiv. [pr.: ţi o ] – Din fr. émotionnel. Trimis de RACAI, 21.11.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 EMOŢIONÁL adj. v. afectiv. Trimis de siveco, 13.09 … Dicționar Român
Emotional — E*mo tion*al, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Emotional — ist: das Adjektiv zu Emotion Emotional (Album), ein Album des Popmusikers Falco Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe … Deutsch Wikipedia
Emotional — est le quatrième album du chanteur autrichien Falco sorti en 1986. Liste des titres Emotional Kamikaze Cappa Crime Time Cowboyz and Indianz Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2 Ein Jahr Danach) The Star of Moon and Sun Les Nouveaux Riches The Sound of… … Wikipédia en Français
emotional — 1821, pertaining to emotion, from EMOTION (Cf. emotion) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Meaning liable to emotions attested by 1857. Related: Emotionally. Emotional intelligence coined by mid 1960s, popular from mid 1980s … Etymology dictionary
emotional — index demonstrative (expressive of emotion), ecstatic, impulsive (rash), intense, subjective Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
emotional — [adj] demonstrative about feelings affecting, ardent, disturbed, ecstatic, emotive, enthusiastic, excitable, exciting, falling apart*, fanatical, feeling, fervent, fervid, fickle, fiery, heartwarming, heated, histrionic, hot blooded*, hysterical … New thesaurus
emotional — [Network (Rating 5600 9600)] Auch: • Gefühls … Deutsch Wörterbuch
emotional — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to the emotions. 2) arousing or showing emotion. 3) easily affected by or readily displaying emotion. DERIVATIVES emotionalism noun emotionality noun emotionalize (also emotionalise) verb emot … English terms dictionary
emotional — [ē mō′shə nəl, imō′shə nəl] adj. 1. of or having to do with emotion or the emotions 2. showing emotion, esp. strong emotion 3. easily aroused to emotion; quick to weep, be angry, etc. 4. appealing to the emotions; moving people to tears, anger,… … English World dictionary
