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emotive

/ɪˈməʊtɪv/US/ɪˈmoʊtɪv/

emotive adjective: of or relating to emotion.

Adjective

emotive (comparative more emotive, superlative most emotive)

  1. Of or relating to emotion.
  2. Appealing to the emotions.
    • 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.1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XIX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge
  3. Expressing an emotion.

Noun

emotive (plural emotives)

  1. A word or construct that expresses an emotion.

emotive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

emotive in Hindi

emotive
भावनात्मक bhāvnātmak

emotive in Tamil

உள எழுச்சி மிகைப்பு

emotive in Urdu

جذبات انگیز

emotive in Malayalam

contentious, controversial, inflammatory
ക്ഷോഭമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, സ്തോഭജനകമായ, വെെകാരികമായ, വിവാദാസ്പദം, വിവാദപര, വാദവിഷയകമായ

Forms of emotive

Adjective
comparativemore emotive
superlativemost emotive
Noun
pluralemotives

Words formed from emotive

Questions about emotive

What does emotive mean?
Emotive means of or relating to emotion.
What is emotive in Hindi?
Emotive in Hindi is भावनात्मक (bhāvnātmak). See Emotive meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is emotive?
Emotive can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce emotive?
Emotive is pronounced /ɪˈməʊtɪv/ (UK).

Words near emotive in the dictionary

  1. emotionlessly
  2. emotionlessness
  3. emotionlike
  4. emotionology
  5. emotions
  6. emotive
  7. emotive hardcore
  8. emotively
  9. emotiveness
  10. emotives
  11. emotivism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: emotive (page history and authors); भावनात्मक (Hindi) (page history and authors); emotive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emotive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emotive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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