adjective · informal
emotional
UK/ɪˈməʊʃənəl/US/ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/e·MO·tion·al
Band 6-7speakingtask2
relating to feelings; showing strong feelings
Examples
“She had an emotional reaction when she read the letter from her family.”
“It's an emotional film that makes a lot of viewers cry.”
“He gave an emotional account of his childhood during the interview.”
Band 8 sentence
“The debate became unexpectedly emotional when personal anecdotes were introduced.”
Collocations
- emotional support
- emotional reaction
- highly emotional
Word family
emotion nounemotional adjectiveemotionally adverbemotive adjective
Common mistakes
I was emotionally after the meeting.→I was emotional after the meeting.
very much emotional→very emotional
Say it for a higher band
5sad→6upset→7+emotional
Synonyms
emotive
sentimental
Easily confused
emotive
“The article was too emotive for an academic audience.”
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