emotive
See also: émotive
English
Adjective
emotive (comparative more emotive, superlative most emotive)
- Of or relating to emotion.
- Appealing to the emotions.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XIX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:
- He was the kind of man to whom some human object for pouring out his heart upon—were it emotive or were it choleric—was almost a necessity.
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- (grammar) Expressing an emotion.
Translations
of, or relating to emotion
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appealing to one's emotions
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Noun
emotive (plural emotives)
- (grammar) A word or construct that expresses an emotion.
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
emotive
- inflection of emotiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
emotive f pl
- feminine plural of emotivo
Noun
emotive f
- plural of emotiva
Anagrams
- mietevo