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# emotional

«emotional» in Mova's school dictionary: **about feelings: emotional problems, emotional health** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (emotional, more emotional); adverb emotionally

### meaning for a pupil

1) Emotional means about feelings: emotional problems, emotional health. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#m1)

2) An emotional person shows strong feelings easily, such as crying or getting excited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#m2)

3) An emotional event or story makes people feel strong feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x1)
- The film had a very emotional ending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x2)
- Talking to a friend gives you emotional support. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x3)
- He felt emotional when his dog came home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x4)
- Being kind helps people's emotional health. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x5)
- It was an emotional goodbye at the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x6)
- She's very emotional and laughs and cries easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x7)
- As for keeping myself dry, there is evidently no one here who can at all appreciate an emotional nature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/17/)
- [Straight after a match children are tired and emotional, so a list of mistakes in the car lands much harder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emotional» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emotional/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.