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. Eleanor McLaughlin:

   I was just so emotional after finally seeing Matt for the first time on our wedding day, then after I heard all the cheering, I turned and was like,' Wait you're Dave Chappelle.' It was surreal.

2. Michaela Coel:

   Thank you for your existence in our industry, for making the space safe, for creating physical, emotional and professional boundaries so that we can make work about exploitation, loss of respect, about abuse of power without being exploited or abused in the process.

3. Laurice Rahm:

   We launched because of 9/11, noHo and all of downtown were so affected by the events of that day, and we wanted to make New York smell good again. It was a highly emotional time, but my idea was to map out every neighborhood and attach each one to a very different scent.

4. Drell Szyfer:

   You have to find a way to be truthful as opposed to political, which is a tough dance, i always try to take the emotional out of it and come back to the facts.

5. Kristie Overstreet:

   Every couple should take preventive measures to maintain health in their relationship, just like going to the gym, if couples don't work their relational and emotional' muscles,' they become un-toned, weak and create more of a chance of damage being done to their relationship.