hormonal

/hɔːˈməʊnl/ (bre, ipa) · /hɔːrˈməʊnl/ (ame, ipa) · /hȯr-ˈmō-nᵊl/ (ame, mw)

hormonal — adjective

  • hormonalpositive
  • more hormonalcomparative
  • most hormonalsuperlative

1. linked to the chemical messengers that the body makes inside glands and sends th

1.形容詞C1
釋義

linked to the chemical messengers that the body makes inside glands and sends through the blood to control growth, mood, and reproduction.

例句

Iris started hormonal therapy after her doctor found a thyroid problem.

collocation: hormonal therapy / hormonal treatment

Teenagers often go through huge hormonal changes during the second year of high school.

collocation: hormonal changes

同義詞
  • endocrine

    more technical; the medical term for the gland system that produces hormones

  • glandular

    older medical term, often refers to the glands themselves rather than the chemicals

文法句型

hormonal + noun

be hormonal

用法筆記

Almost always attributive (hormonal therapy, hormonal changes, hormonal imbalance). Distinguish from sense 2: this one is a neutral medical description; sense 2 is informal and applied to a person's mood.

常見錯誤

❌I take hormonal every morning.
✅I take hormonal pills every morning.
💡'hormonal' is an adjective, not a noun; it must qualify a noun like pill, drug, or therapy.
❌The doctor gave me a hormone treatment that is very hormonal.
✅The doctor gave me a hormonal treatment.
💡don't use the adjective to describe its own noun; pick one form.

2. showing strong or quickly shifting feelings that the speaker blames on changes i

2.形容詞C1
釋義

showing strong or quickly shifting feelings that the speaker blames on changes in body chemistry — used in everyday talk and often with a slightly dismissive tone.

例句

Soraya warned her flatmate that she would be a bit hormonal this week.

predicative: be hormonal

Sorry for snapping at you yesterday — I was feeling really hormonal.

collocation: feel hormonal

同義詞
  • moody

    neutral and broader; covers all causes of mood swings, not only body chemistry

  • emotional

    much wider scope; any strong feeling, not tied to body changes

反義詞

文法句型

be hormonal

feel hormonal

用法筆記

Only used predicatively about a person (be / feel / get hormonal). Calling someone hormonal can sound dismissive — especially when a man uses it about a woman — so the word often appears in self-description or among close friends.

常見錯誤

❌She gave me a hormonal answer.
✅She gave me an emotional answer.
💡sense 2 describes a person's state, not the things they say or do; use emotional or moody for the act itself.
❌He is a hormonal person.
✅He gets hormonal sometimes.
💡the word describes a passing state, not a fixed personality trait.