emotional affair

just like any other affair, but with no boning. where you have mutual feelings for someone NOT your significant other but you never hook up.

John: we had a total emotional affair.
Grace: wtf?
John: I was emotionally cheating on Heather with you.

by sproink March 9, 2007

Emotional Pillar

when someone is a strong pillar of emotions that others can rely on or draw strength from in a time of need, as well as having emotions for many different situations

mike is such an emotional pillar

by wambamthankyoumaam July 4, 2010

Emotional Friend

A person that you develop feelings for at work or other places. Often times your emotional friend will become a sexual relationship that you hide from your partner. Term is coined on the Howard Stern show.

Sals wife has an Emotional Friend that she has had sex with.

by Bigdogtrucker October 29, 2007

Emotional abuse

A regular pattern of verbal offense, threatening, bullying, and constant criticism, as well as more subtle tactics like intimidation, shaming and manipulation

My mother endures emotional abuse in her marriage constantly!

by Kathryn Santini April 4, 2016

Emotional Vampire

A person who posses the ability to suck all of the positive energy out of someone. They do this through negative comments, or by mere prescense alone.

When we were at the wedding the groom's side of the family did not smile, dance or talk to us. They were such Emotional Vampires, they sucked all the fun right out of the party.

by Dillion Panther January 14, 2009

emotionally horny

when you really wanna talk about your feelings late at night. Usually happens when no one is free to talk to you and you just sit there like an emotionally constipated fool.

Haven't had a heart to heart convo with my bestie about things that are going on these past few days. I'm so emotionally horny

by hoobahoo November 20, 2017

emotional support character

A character in any media form, usually from a TV show, that a fan feels close to emotionally and becomes their favorite character on the show. They would hypothetically die for that character because of how highly they think of them and would protect them at all costs.

"I cried when Charlie died in Supernatural"
"She's just a character on a TV show. It's not that deep"
"But she's my emotional support character"

by thehalocline June 4, 2020