adjective

• (of a person) having feelings that are too easily excited and displayed.

  ‘we're not an overemotional family’

  More example sentences

  • ‘For an overemotional nerd like me the bells started ringing once that sentence was completed.’
  • ‘Girls are sweet, well-behaved, self-sacrificing, passive, submissive, overemotional, and, above all, attractive.’
  • ‘But now I see I was just being overemotional again.’
  • ‘If he can keep from getting overemotional - a problem he has had in the past - he may eventually win the league's defensive MVP award.’
  • ‘Meanwhile, klutzy, overemotional Simone was sobbing madly, because she had gotten herself caught in the folding chair.’
  • ‘It's not that one way's better than the other, but I do help women to realize that it doesn't help when you're overemotional.’
  • ‘Ah, but it's a double-edged sword, you see, and it always is for those ill-adjusted overemotional beings who make their living by playing tennis.’
  • ‘Ah, well, I guess I'm just an overemotional little woman.’
  • ‘At least being overemotional benefits me when it comes to my writing.’
  • ‘I know nothing of my mom, and all of my dad's friends are so overemotional.’
  • ‘He's mature enough to learn from bad performances, rather than becoming overemotional.’
  • ‘When you're not wearing the necklace are you overemotional?’

  Synonyms

  unpredictable, changeable, variable, inconstant, inconsistent, uncertain, erratic, irregular, unstable, turbulent, unsteady, unsettled, unreliable, undependable, changing, ever-changing, varying, shifting, fluctuating, fluid, mutable, protean, fitful, wavering, full of ups and downs