emotionalistic

adjective

Definition of emotionalisticnext
as in emotional

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  1. emotional
  2. theatrical
  3. sensational
  4. dramatic
  5. melodramatic
  6. operatic
Adjective
  • People feel abandoned or unprepared, amplifying the emotional toll.
    John Hope Bryant, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
  • These intelligent and emotional animals have been a part of human culture for centuries—as companions, workers and performers.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of emotional
Adjective
  • Imax was also part of streamer Apple’s wide theatrical releases for Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Netflix has approved a limited theatrical run for Greta Gerwig‘s forthcoming Chronicles of Narnia adaptation.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of theatrical
Adjective
  • The paperwork for Johnson’s trial — along with images of some of the handwritten documents — were officially entered into the court’s electronic court docketing system in 2021, marking a final chapter in a sensational saga that garnered international headlines.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The Oilers have now won seven of their last eight games with their comeback win over the Wild, and McDavid’s sensational play is a big reason why.
    Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of sensational
Adjective
  • That would add another dramatic twist to a story that is full of surprises.
    John Brandon, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Yet on Friday, Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president who has overseen his country’s dramatic decline — including runaway inflation, blackouts, hunger, mass migration and the unraveling of the nation’s democracy — was sworn in for a third term in office.
    Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of dramatic
Adjective
  • Movies in this questionably political category tend to feature othered people dealing with some melodramatic version of struggle.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Instead, their presence tips the narrative into something both more melodramatic and more conventional, with blazing showdowns and a climax of moral retribution worthy of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of melodramatic
Adjective
  • These are landscapes without the operatic vistas and ostensibly untrammeled serenity of Bierstadt.
    Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Image Linda Lavin was born on Oct. 15, 1937, in Portland, Maine, the second child of Lucille (Potter) Lavin, a former operatic soprano, and David Joseph Lavin, a businessman.
    Anita Gates, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of operatic
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