overemotional

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UK/əʊvəɹɪˈməʊʃənəl/US/oʊvəɹiˈmoʊʃənəl/

adjective

Showing too much emotion.

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

adjectiveoveremotional (comparative more overemotional, superlative most overemotional)

comparative more overemotional · superlative most overemotional

  1. Showing too much emotion.

    Synonyms: bathetic, mushy, oversentimental, bathetic, cheesy, squishy, corny, drippy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveShowing too much emotion.

Similar
batheticmushyoversentimentalbatheticcheesysquishycornydrippygooeyhokeyickykitschkitschymaudlinmawkishmushyoversentimentaloverwroughtsappy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveexcessively or abnormally emotional

Similar
sloppyemotional
Also see
cheesydrippygooeyhokeyickykitschymawkishmushyoversentimentalsappyschmaltzysickly sweetsloppyslushysoppysoupysyrupytreaclyworked up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*moweō
  15. Latinmoveō
  16. Latinēmoveō
  17. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  18. Old Frenchesmovoir
  19. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  20. Middle Frenchemotion
  21. Englishemotion
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishemotional
  25. Englishoveremotional

From over- + emotional.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overemotional

emotionalpromotionaldevotionalnotionalmotionalcommotionaldaily devotionalhyperemotionalindevotionallotionalnonemotionalpornographico-devotional
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Cite this entry
APA

overemotional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overemotional

MLA

“overemotional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overemotional. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overemotional,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overemotional.

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