emotionalize

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verb

To give (something) an emotional quality.

OriginEnglish emotional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French emotion →
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Meanings

verbemotionalize (third-person singular simple present emotionalizes, present participle emotionalizing, simple past and past participle emotionalized)

present singular third person emotionalizes · participle present emotionalizing · participle past emotionalized · past emotionalized

  1. transitiveTo give (something) an emotional quality.
  2. intransitiveTo make an emotional display.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
emote

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmoveō
  10. Latinēmoveō
  11. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  12. Old Frenchesmovoir
  13. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  14. Middle Frenchemotion
  15. Englishemotion
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishemotional
  19. Englishemotionalize

From emotional + -ize.

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Translations

Spanish emocionalizar
  • emocionalizarTranslations
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APA

emotionalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalize

MLA

“emotionalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emotionalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalize.

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