emotional
adjective
ɪˈməʊʃənl 
ɪˈmoʊʃənl 
1 [usually before noun] connected with people's feelings (= with the emotions)emotional problems/needsemotional stressa child's emotional and intellectual developmentMothers are often the ones who provide emotional support for the family.2 causing people to feel strong emotionsSynonym
emotiveemotional languageabortion and other emotional issuesThis is a very emotional time for me.3 (sometimes disapproving) showing strong emotions, sometimes in a way that other people think is unnecessaryan emotional outburst/response/reactionThey made an emotional appeal for help.He tends to get emotional on these occasions.emotionally ɪˈməʊʃənəli ɪˈmoʊʃənəli 