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emotive

adjective as in emotional

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Emotive words and evocative phrases give language its power.

It gets us over that initial, high-stakes moment of emotive acclamation, and skips straight to the conversation.

Kawakubo is not a designer who excels at communicating joy—at least not the emotive version of it.

Ted Wells, an emotive, powerful giant of a lawyer, is already achieving results for the embattled governor of New York.

One can even excite oneself by a reflection or opinion of emotive value, without this emotion having been aroused by anybody else.

He admits your figures to his conscious belief more readily than he would credit them if spoken in an emotive or power tone.

The emotive (chest or heart) pitch dissipates opposition as naturally as the mind tone provokes a quarrel.

Mental, emotive, and power characteristics are signified by various tone pitches.

If the thought behind the objection arises principally from feeling, it will nearly always be expressed in an emotive tone.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to emotive, such as: affectional, affective, heartwarming, moving, stirring, and touching.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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