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Definition of emotional :
Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
Synonyms:
aroused, teary, impactful, charged, red-hot, bathetic, gushy, temperamental, loving, releasing, wound up, activated, blazing, stimulated, deep-seated, stirring, hysterical, randy, latin, overflowing, excited, cold, affective, enthusiastic, delirious, hypersensitive, aflame, fanatic, little, wrought-up, mad, hot-blooded, casual, warm-blooded, touching, irrational, lyrical, mushy, icky, stirred, intense, turned on, blind, moody, uninhibited, passional, stirred up, incandescent, slushy, burning, affectionate, het up, hard, impressive, fervent, melodramatic, overemotional, poignant, affectional, schmalzy, affecting, gooey, mawkish, impetuous, fervid, agitated, steamy, feeling, basic, effusive, schmaltzy, sentimental, overwhelming, low-down, punch, soulful, worked up, deep, tenderhearted, mind-blowing, warm, ruttish, warmhearted, zealous, horny, overwrought, flaming, touchy-feely, unrestrained, inflammable, ablaze, cathartic, heartfelt, torrid, feelings, frantic, acutely, depth, impassioned, sloppy, lachrymose, perfervid, sentient, lyric, soppy, superheated, maudlin, religious, disturbed, warm-toned, unreserved, charge, vehement, bitter, histrionic, supercharged, demonstrative, spontaneous, emotive, funky, gushing, glowing, gaga, rational, moving, rousing
emotional (part of speech: adjective)
responsive, heart-felt, sensitive, sympathetic, feverish, passionate, deeply felt, ardent
excitable (part of speech: adjective)
fiery, tempestuous, cranky, hot-tempered, high-strung, short-tempered, explosive, crusty, reckless, brittle, quick-tempered, impulsive, nervous, combustible, volcanic, touchy, rash, volatile, irritable, excitable, edgy, stormy, fragile
Usage examples:
- Her brother, above all people, must not think her emotional. - "A Son of the Hills", Harriet T. Comstock.
- Certain emotional persons are moved to pity by the emigrant French nobles, but for my part I think them only worthy of contempt. - "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.
- The emotional side of religion excited her senses. - "There was a King in Egypt", Norma Lorimer.