Synonyms: aroused, emotional, excited, worked up
Definition: (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
Usage: he would become emotional over nothing at all; she was worked up about all the noise
Synonyms: emotional
Definition: of more than usual emotion
Usage: his behavior was highly emotional
Similar words: emotive, affectional, affective
Definition: characterized by emotion
Similar words: bathetic, hokey, mushy, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, soppy, soupy, slushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, drippy
Definition: effusively or insincerely emotional
Usage: a bathetic novel; maudlin expressions of sympathy; mushy effusiveness; a schmaltzy song; sentimental soap operas; slushy poetry
Similar words: releasing, cathartic
Definition: emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
Similar words: charged, supercharged
Definition: fraught with great emotion
Usage: an atmosphere charged with excitement; an emotionally charged speech
Similar words: funky, low-down
Definition: (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
Similar words: het up
Definition: worked up emotionally by anger or excitement
Usage: was terribly het up over the killing of the eagle; got really het up over the new taxes; he was suddenly het up about racing cars
Similar words: hot-blooded
Definition: prone to emotion
Usage: hot-blooded Latin-Americans
Similar words: little
Definition: small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
Usage: a nice little job; bless your little heart; my dear little mother; a sweet little deal; I'm tired of your petty little schemes; filthy little tricks; what a nasty little situation
Definition: expressing deep emotion
Usage: the dancer's lyrical performance
Similar words: mind-blowing
Definition: intensely affecting the mind or emotions
Usage: spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience; a mind-blowing horror story
Similar words: moody, temperamental
Definition: subject to sharply varying moods
Usage: a temperamental opera singer
Similar words: overemotional, sloppy
Definition: excessively or abnormally emotional
Similar words: soulful
Definition: full of or expressing deep emotion
Usage: soulful eyes; soulful music
Similar words: warm-toned
Definition: used of music