emotional
part of speech
adjective (emotional, more emotional); adverb emotionally
meaning for a pupil
1) Emotional means about feelings: emotional problems, emotional health. tree →
2) An emotional person shows strong feelings easily, such as crying or getting excited. tree →
3) An emotional event or story makes people feel strong feelings. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and PSHE lessons pupils learn about emotional wellbeing — looking after your feelings as well as your body. In stories it signals tears, joy or strong reactions. Phrases: get emotional, emotional support, emotional moment.
examples
- Mum got emotional at my sister's graduation and cried. tree →
- The film had a very emotional ending. tree →
- Talking to a friend gives you emotional support. tree →
- He felt emotional when his dog came home. tree →
- Being kind helps people's emotional health. tree →
- It was an emotional goodbye at the airport. tree →
- She's very emotional and laughs and cries easily. tree →
- As for keeping myself dry, there is evidently no one here who can at all appreciate an emotional nature. tree →
note
Noun: emotion (a feeling). Say: e-MO-tion-al. «Emotional» about a person is not an insult in itself, but «too emotional» can be unkind. Both happy and sad feelings can be emotional.
In the corpora
- "Tired and emotional" is a British joke meaning drunk.
- Straight after a match children are tired and emotional, so a list of mistakes in the car lands much harder.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «emotional» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.