Emotional synonyms

heartfelt

Deeply or sincerely felt; earnest.

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soulful

Full of or expressing deep feeling; profoundly emotional.

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sentimental

The definition of sentimental is a feeling of looking back fondly on memories, sometimes with a little bit of sadness or a wishing you could be back at that time.

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gushing

Inclined to gush; effusive.

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moving

(no comparative or superlative) That moves or move.

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touching

That touches the feelings; arousing tender emotion; affecting

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passionate

Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic and/or sexual.

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loving

Feeling love; devoted

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excited

(Physics) Being in a state of higher energy.

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zealous

Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.

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nervous

Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.

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fiery

Easily excited or emotionally volatile; tempestuous:

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warmhearted

Alternative form of warm-hearted.

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impassioned

Filled with passion; fervent:

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excitable

Easily excited.

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spontaneous

Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.

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disturbed

Mentally or emotionally upset or unbalanced

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sentient

Experiencing sensation, thinking, thought, or feeling.

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ardent

The definition of ardent is a deep level of enthusiasm or passion.

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lachrymose

Inclined to shed many tears; tearful

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sensitive

Operating readily in weak light

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sloppy

Imprecise or loose.

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drooling

Given to emotion

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icky

Unpleasantly sticky or gluey

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hard (antonym)

Using or based on data that are readily quantified or verified:

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hysterical

Extremely comical

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enthusiastic

With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.

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fanatic

Fanatical.

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hypersensitive

Responding excessively to the stimulus of a foreign agent, such as an allergen.

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maudlin

Foolishly and tearfully or weakly sentimental

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teary

Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.

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gaga

Silly; crazy.

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impulsive

Motivated by or resulting from impulse.

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warm

Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.

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demonstrative

Given to or marked by the open expression of emotion:

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fervent

Having or showing great warmth of feeling; intensely devoted or earnest; ardent

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impetuous

Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.

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wrought-up

Excited, stimulated or agitated; worked up

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overwrought

With the surface adorned

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worked up

(Idiomatic) Excessively emotional, excited, aroused or angry.

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temperamental

Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.

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irrational

Marked by a lack of accord with reason or sound judgment:

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histrionic

Of, or having the nature of, acting or actors

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melodramatic

Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.

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mushy

Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular

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gooey

Overly sentimental

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soppy

Rainy

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rational (antonym)

Able to reason; reasoning; in possession of one's reason or sanity

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cold (antonym)

(Of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

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affective

Concerned with or arousing feelings or emotions; emotional:

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arousing

That or who arouses or arouse.

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distraught

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.

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effusion

Given to emotion

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heartwarming

Such as to kindle a warm glow of genial feelings

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trauma

Severe bodily injury, as from a gunshot wound or a motor vehicle accident.

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physical (antonym)

Involving or characterized by vigorous or forceful bodily activity:

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feeling

The definition of feeling is sympathetic or having emotion.

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unemotional (antonym)

Involving little or no emotion; rational.

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cerebral (antonym)

Relating to or involving the brain or cerebrum.

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high-strung

Nervous; anxious; excited or excitable.

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overemotional

Showing too much emotion.

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oversensitive

Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.

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affectionate

Having or showing fond feelings or affection; loving and tender.

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tenderhearted

Easily moved by another's distress; compassionate.

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emotive

Of or relating to emotion:

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overflowing

Given to emotion

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feelings (related)

Readily stirred by emotion

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emotion (related)

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psychological (related)

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anxiety (related)

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empathy (related)

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emotionally (related)

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loneliness (related)

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spiritual (related)

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self-esteem (related)

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neurosis

A psychological state characterized by excessive anxiety or insecurity without evidence of neurologic or other organic disease, sometimes accompanied by defensive or immature behaviors. This term is no longer used in psychiatric diagnosis.

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stirring

Exciting strong feelings, as of inspiration; rousing.

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upset

Exhibiting signs and symptoms of indigestion:

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rhapsodical

Rhapsodic