Sun Sep 10 19:56:35 UTC 2017

If you want adjectives, I use words like weepy or teary (usually with a
qualifier like "all"), informally; though more often I'd use the
corresponding verb.

On the original question, I do think that the adjective emotional has
different senses in the examples. I'm actually quite fine with how the
online version of M-W breaks it down in four senses:

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1:  of or relating to emotion -- an emotional disorder
2:  dominated by or prone to emotion -- an emotional person
3:  appealing to or arousing emotion -- an emotional sermon
4:  markedly aroused or agitated in feeling or sensibilities -- gets
emotional at weddings

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emotional

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Chris

On 9/10/17 6:48 AM, Margaret Winters wrote:
> overcome?
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> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Barretts Mail wrote:
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>> Is there an English adjective other than “emotional” to describe the
>> emotion when you are overwhelmed by, err, emotion?
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> Verklempt?
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> --bgz
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