emotional
US /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/
adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The farewell party was an emotional moment for the whole team.
Word Family
Synonyms
- affectivecharacterized by emotion
- sentimentalgiven to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
Collocations
- Easy emotional supportdescribing emotional support (determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason)
- Medium emotional intelligencedescribing emotional intelligence (determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason)
- Hard emotional distressdescribing emotional distress (determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason)
- Very Hard emotional detachment in decision makingdescribing emotional detachment in decision making (determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.