"emotional" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪˈməʊʃənəl/ [UK], /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emotional.wav [UK] Forms: emotional [positive], more emotional [comparative], most emotional [superlative]
Etymology: emotion + -al Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|emotion|al}} emotion + -al Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Emotional is when your feelings control what you do, rather than reason.
    Sense id: simple-emotional-en-adj-osKhi4JO
  2. To be emotional, you show more emotion than is usual.
    Sense id: simple-emotional-en-adj-9VkIz2-L
  3. Emotional can be used to describe how the emotions affect things.
    Sense id: simple-emotional-en-adj-R6sqLEOY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -al
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