It is not good for a scientist to get emotional.
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Emotional
//ɪˈməʊʃənəl//
Synonyms for "emotional" (142 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (29)
Adjective(9 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
derived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
58 entriesShowing 16 of 58 words.
Translations
144 translations across 34 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- вълнуващ adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
- емоционален adj (characterised by emotion)
- емоционален adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
- емоционален adj (readily displaying emotion)
Catalan
4 entries- emocional adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emocional adj (characterised by emotion)
- emocional adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
- emocional adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- سۆزدار adj (easily affected by emotion)
- سۆزدار adj (readily displaying emotion)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 情緒化 /情绪化 adj (easily affected by emotion)
- 感情的 adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- 感情的 adj (characterised by emotion)
Czech
2 entries- citový adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emoční adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Danish
2 entries- emotionel adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- følelsesmæssig adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Dutch
2 entries- emotioneel adj (characterised by emotion)
- gevoelsmatig adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Esperanto
2 entries- afekcia adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emocia adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Finnish
4 entries- herkkätunteinen adj (easily affected by emotion)
- tunne adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- tunnepitoinen adj (readily displaying emotion)
- tunnepohjainen adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
French
4 entries- émotif adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
- émotif adj (easily affected by emotion)
- émotionnel adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- émotionnel adj (characterised by emotion)
Galician
4 entries- emocional adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emocional adj (characterised by emotion)
- emocional adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
- emocional adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
German
4 entries- emotional adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emotional adj (characterised by emotion)
- emotional adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
- emotional adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
Hebrew
4 entries- רִגְשִׁי adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- רִגְשִׁי adj (characterised by emotion)
- רִגְשִׁי adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
- רִגְשִׁי adj (easily affected by emotion)
Hungarian
3 entries- hangulati adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- érzelmes adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- érzelmi adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Indonesian
2 entries- emosional adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
- emosional adj (easily affected by emotion)
Irish
1 entries- corraitheach adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
Italian
4 entries- commovente adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
- emotivo adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emotivo adj (characterised by emotion)
- emotivo adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
Japanese
2 entries- 感情的 adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- 感情的 adj (characterised by emotion)
Korean
1 entries- 감성적인 adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Latvian
4 entries- emcionāls adj (characterised by emotion)
- emocionāls adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emocionāls adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
- emocionāls adj (easily affected by emotion)
Maltese
4 entries- emozzjonali adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emozzjonali adj (characterised by emotion)
- emozzjonali adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
- emozzjonali adj (readily displaying emotion)
Māori
4 entries- panapana adj (easily affected by emotion)
- panapana adj (readily displaying emotion)
- whakaaroharoha adj (characterised by emotion)
- whakaaroharoha adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- emosjonell adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- følelsesmessig adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- emosjonell adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Occitan
1 entries- emocional adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Polish
4 entries- emocjonalny adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emocjonalny adj (characterised by emotion)
- gorący adj (characterised by emotion)
- uczuciowy adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Portuguese
4 entries- comovente adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
- emocionado adj (characterised by emotion)
- emocional adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emocional adj (characterised by emotion)
Romanian
4 entries- emotiv adj (easily affected by emotion)
- emoționabil adj (easily affected by emotion)
- emoțional adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emoțional adj (characterised by emotion)
Russian
4 entries- волну́ющий adj (appealing to or arousing emotion)
- чу́вственный adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- чувстви́тельный adj (easily affected by emotion)
- эмоциона́льный adj (of or relating to the emotions)
Spanish
4 entries- emocional adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emocional adj (characterised by emotion)
- emocional adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
- emotivo adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
Swahili
4 entries- simikwa adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- simikwa adj (characterised by emotion)
- simikwa adj (characterised by emotion)
- simikwa adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
Swedish
4 entries- emotionell adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- emotionell adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
- känslofull adj (readily displaying emotion)
- känslofylld adj (characterised by emotion)
Tagalog
3 entries- madamdamin adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- madamdamin adj (characterised by emotion)
- madamdamin adj (determined by strong emotion rather than strictly logical reasoning)
Turkish
2 entries- duygusal adj (of or relating to the emotions)
- duygusal adj (characterised by emotion)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
I can't keep this up. It's an emotional roller coaster around here and all we have to do is look at the boss's face to know whether everybody is going to be happy or sad.
Source: tatoeba (33439)
I find it apt to cause misunderstanding that society confers such emotional privileges upon youth.
Source: tatoeba (58759)
This job makes tremendous claims on our emotional strength.
Source: tatoeba (59108)
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