Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- intransitive v. To express emotion, especially in an excessive or theatrical manner: "The more she emotes, the less he listens, and the less he listens, the more strident and emotive she becomes” ( Maggie Scarf).
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- v. to display emotions openly, especially while acting
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It has become fashionable of late for journalists to "emote" on television.
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A man of McCain's age, military discipline and predatory instincts does not sincerely "emote" in front of millions of people over an issue he already worked through and written about in a book.
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I for one cannot be talked into ignoring his religious beliefs and personal stances on many topics, such as Scientology and Modern Pharmaceuticals, whilst he is on screen trying to "emote".
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He does "emote" a feeling about direction, he simply sounds like a dour economist, take a look if you don't believe me.'
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Three years into his premiership, he has maybe come to a reluctant acceptance of the fact that the public now expects its leaders to be able to "emote" with the best of them.
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John Homa tries to get contestant Rosanna to "emote," or act, or at least do anything.
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The trick to this method is avoiding the annoying, self-aggrandizing kind of emote, but still publicizing the informative, roleplay based emote.
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Apparently I don't always "emote" (physically express my emotional state) the way people expect me to.
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These lines are repaired by the way we feel and emote.
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Lang Lang did not emote as much as usual, yet did so enough to still be annoying.
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