different between emotional vs unman

English

Etymology

emotion +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m????n?l/, /??m???n?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??mo???n?l/, /??mo??n?l/, /i?mo???n?l/
• Rhymes: -????n?l

Adjective

emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional)

1. Of or relating to the emotions.

   emotional crisis

   emotional lift

2. Characterised by emotion.
3. Determined by emotion rather than reason.

   emotional decision

4. Appealing to or arousing emotion.

   emotional speech

5. Easily affected by emotion.

   She’s an emotional person.

6. Readily displaying emotion.

   emotional greeting

Synonyms

• demonstrative
• effusive
• sentimental
• temperamental

Derived terms

Translations

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

emotional (comparative emotionaler, superlative am emotionalsten)

1. emotional

Declension

Related terms

• Emotion

Further reading

• “emotional” in Duden online

English

Etymology

From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) +? man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æn

Verb

unman (third-person singular simple present unmans, present participle unmanning, simple past and past participle unmanned)

1. (transitive, archaic) To castrate; to remove the manhood of.

   Synonym: emasculate

2. (transitive, figuratively) To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.

   Synonym: emasculate
3. (transitive) To deprive of men.

Anagrams

• annum, nanmu

Welsh

Etymology

un (“one”) +? man (“place”)

Noun

unman m (uncountable)

1. a certain place
2. (in negative expressions) nowhere

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “unman”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies