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Disheartened vs Emotional - What's the difference?

disheartened | emotional |

As adjectives the difference between disheartened and emotional

is that disheartened is discouraged, despairing while emotional is of or relating to the emotions.

As a verb disheartened

is (dishearten).

disheartened

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Discouraged, despairing.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage :
  • He refused to get disheartened , even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.

    Synonyms

    * dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps

    emotional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the emotions.
  • emotional crisis
  • Characterised by emotion.
  • Determined by emotion rather than reason.
  • emotional decision
  • Appealing to or arousing emotion.
  • emotional speech
  • Easily affected by emotion.
  • She’s an emotional person.
  • Readily displaying emotion.
  • emotional greeting

    Synonyms

    * demonstrative * effusive * sentimental * temperamental

    Derived terms

    * emotional cripple * emotionalise (also emotionalize) * emotionalism * emotionally * * *