EMO | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of emo in English emonoun uk /ˈiː.məʊ/ us /ˈiː.moʊ/ Add to word list Add to word list [ U ] a type of popular punk music with words about people's feelings and emotions [ C ] slang a young person who likes this music, wears mainly black clothes, and is often nervous, worried, and unhappy Pop, rock & soul

• acid rock
• agit-pop
• alt-rock
• anti-rock
• art-rocker
• drum and bass
• electronica
• Europop
• floor filler
• frontman
• K-pop
• lyrically
• mod
• Motown
• multi-instrumentalist
• techno
• thrash metal
• Tin Pan Alley
• top 40
• top ten

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Young people emoadjective uk /ˈiː.məʊ/ us /ˈiː.moʊ/ relating to the music, clothes, opinions, and behaviour of emos: emo bands a moody emo teenager informal having and expressing strong feelings: I took a personality test last week and it turns out that I’m an extroverted sensitive emo guy. Perseus has never known his real dad and so now he's all emo and angry at the gods for giving him a world where there is so much pain and suffering.

• Emo fans will drool over the entire album.
• Big-market radio is typically reluctant to latch onto anything emo or punk.
• Male and female emo styles are pretty much the same.
• I have a male friend who used to be extremely emo.
• The show features a beleaguered dad who has trouble communicating with his son, a moody emo boy.

Pop, rock & soul

• acid rock
• agit-pop
• alt-rock
• anti-rock
• art-rocker
• drum and bass
• electronica
• Europop
• floor filler
• frontman
• K-pop
• lyrically
• mod
• Motown
• multi-instrumentalist
• techno
• thrash metal
• Tin Pan Alley
• top 40
• top ten

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Strong feelings (Definition of emo from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of emo?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 情感核音樂（流行龐克音樂的一種，歌詞常表達個人情感）, 情感核音樂迷（常指穿黑色衣服、情緒時常緊張擔憂且悶悶不樂的年輕人）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 情感核音乐（流行朋克音乐的一种，歌词常表达个人情感）, 情感核音乐迷（常指穿黑色衣服、情绪时常紧张担忧且忧郁的年轻人）… See more in Spanish música emo, emo, emotivo… See more in Portuguese música emo, emo… See more Need a translator?

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