Adjektiv

emotionalen

emotional

Er zeigte einen emotionalen Ausbruch.

He showed an emotional outburst.

Ich sprach mit dem emotionalen Mann.

I spoke with the emotional man.

((as an adjective before a noun)) emotional. Er zeigte einen emotionalen Ausbruch.

Synonyms: gefühlvoll (full of feeling), leidenschaftlich (passionate); Antonyms: rational (rational), nüchtern (sober, matter-of-fact)

From Latin 'emovere' (to move out, stir up), implying something that 'moves' the feelings. It's a loanword in German, cognate with English 'emotion'.

Think of an 'E-motion' picture – a movie that is so moving it causes an emotional reaction.

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