Emotionally — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Emotionally (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. having or expressing great depth of feeling

   "worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form"

   similar: ardent, blazing, burning, charged, demonstrative, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, incandescent, intense, passional, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, religious, superheated, torrid, vehement, warm, warm-blooded, on fire
   related: gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, sugary, histrionic, melodramatic, enthusiastic, gung ho, keen, zealous, enamored, infatuated, obsessed, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained, frenzied, orgiastic, overemotional, overexcited, overheated
   opposite: cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional
   near: detached, dry, impersonal, objective, reserved, undemonstrative

2. having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies

   "in one emotional scene in the movie the boy must say goodbye to his extraterrestrial friend"

   similar: affecting, impactful, impressive, moving, poignant, stirring, touching
   related: eloquent, expressive, meaningful, significant, demonstrative, excitable, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive, exciting, inspirational, provoking, rousing, stimulating, dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical, cathartic
   opposite: unaffecting, unemotional, unimpressive
   near: cold, cool, detached, dispassionate, emotionless, deadpan

3. showing feeling freely

   "the fact that he is not a very emotional person does not mean that he is not a loving, caring father"

   similar: demonstrative, effusive, touchy-feely, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained
   related: dramatic, histrionic, hyperemotional, melodramatic, theatrical, gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, sentimental, communicative, expansive, extroverted, outgoing, affectionate, feeling, intense, loving, passionate, sensitive, soulful, warm, blunt, candid, frank, outspoken, plain
   opposite: inhibited, reserved, restrained, undemonstrative, unemotional
   near: constrained, quiet, reticent, silent, taciturn, bashful, modest, retiring, shy, introverted, self-directed, aloof, detached, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, unfeeling, chilly, cold, frigid, glacial, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hard-hearted, icy, unfriendly