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Emotional

Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

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Affectional 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

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Affectional 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

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Affective 84% connected

Tending to affect; affecting.

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Affective 84% connected

Tending to affect; affecting.

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Agitated 84% connected

of Agitate

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Agitated 84% connected

of Agitate

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Bathetic 84% connected

Having the character of bathos.

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Bathetic 84% connected

Having the character of bathos.

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Cathartic 84% connected

Alt. of Catharical

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Cathartic 84% connected

Alt. of Catharical

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Charged 84% connected

of Charge

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Charged 84% connected

of Charge

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Emotive 84% connected

Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.

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Emotive 84% connected

Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.

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Funky 84% connected

Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.

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Funky 84% connected

Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.

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Hot-blooded 84% connected

Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.

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Hot-blooded 84% connected

Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Lyric 84% connected

Alt. of Lyrical

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Lyric 84% connected

Alt. of Lyrical

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Lyrical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.

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Lyrical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.

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Maudlin 84% connected

Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.

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Maudlin 84% connected

Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.

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Mawkish 84% connected

Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.

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Mawkish 84% connected

Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.

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Moody 84% connected

Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

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Moody 84% connected

Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

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Mushy 84% connected

Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.

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Mushy 84% connected

Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.

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Releasing 84% connected

of Release

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Releasing 84% connected

of Release

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Sappy 84% connected

Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.

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Sappy 84% connected

Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.

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Sentimental 84% connected

Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.

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Sentimental 84% connected

Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.

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Sloppy 84% connected

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

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Sloppy 84% connected

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

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Slushy 84% connected

Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy.

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Slushy 84% connected

Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy.

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Soppy 84% connected

Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.

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Soppy 84% connected

Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.

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Soupy 84% connected

Resembling soup; souplike.

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Soupy 84% connected

Resembling soup; souplike.

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Supercharged 84% connected

of Supercharge

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Supercharged 84% connected

of Supercharge

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Temperamental 84% connected

Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.

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Temperamental 84% connected

Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.

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Emotion 74% connected

A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting…

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Emotion 74% connected

A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting…

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Emotionalism 74% connected

The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

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Emotionalism 74% connected

The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

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Passionate 66% connected

Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick…

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Passionate 66% connected

Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick…

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Warm 66% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

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Warm 66% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

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Pertains to 1

Emotion 66% connected

A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting…

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Attribute 2

Emotionalism 66% connected

The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

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Emotionalism 66% connected

The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

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Synonym 2

Aroused 92% connected

of Arouse

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Excited 92% connected

of Excite

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Cerebral 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the cerebrum.

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Cerebral 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the cerebrum.

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