The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - emotional adj.

1) passionate, impassioned, ardent, enthusiastic, heated, zealous, heartfelt, excited, fervent, fervid: She reacted in a very emotional way to the suggestions. 2) tense, nervous, excitable, highly-strung, high-strung, temperamental, volatile, hotheaded, demonstrative: He is a very emotional person, who should not be driving a bus. 3) sensitive, warm, sentimental, tender, moving, poignant, stirring, emotive, affective, touching: Their meeting after 50 years was certainly emotional. 4) frantic, agitated, irrational, hysterical, wild, ranting: She became very emotional when the police took away her son.