emphatic

[ em-fat-ik ]

/ ɛmˈfæt ɪk /

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adjective

uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.

using emphasis in speech or action.

forceful; insistent: a big, emphatic man; I must be emphatic about this particular.

very impressive or significant; strongly marked; striking: the emphatic beauty of sunset.

clearly or boldly outlined: It stands, like a great, stone dagger, emphatic against the sky.

Grammar. of or relating to a form used to add emphasis, especially, in English, stressed auxiliary do in affirmative statements, as in He did call you or I do like it.

Phonetics. having a secondary velar articulation, as certain dental consonants in Arabic.

noun

an emphatic consonant.

Origin of emphatic

1700–10; < Greek emphatikós indicative, forceful, equivalent to *emphat(ós) ( em- em-² + phatós, variant of phantós visible, equivalent to phan-, stem of phaínesthai to appear + -tos adj. suffix) + -ikos -ic

SYNONYMS FOR emphatic

3 positive, energetic, forcible, pronounced, decided, unequivocal, definite.

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ANTONYMS FOR emphatic

3 weak.

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OTHER WORDS FROM emphatic

em·phat·i·cal·ly, adverb em·phat·i·cal·ness, noun un·em·phat·ic, adjective un·em·phat·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby emphatic

emperor moth, emperor penguin, empery, emphasis, emphasize, emphatic, emphatically, emphysema, empire, empire builder, empire building

Example sentences from the Web for emphatic

The adjudication of the Daily Beast office was clear and emphatic: penguin, penguin, penguin.

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The CDC too, has been emphatic in their promotion of the technique.

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At the 92Y talk, de la Renta was emphatic about the future of his label.

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It is a creepy sound, inhumanly high-pitched and strangely clipped and emphatic: “S-s-eeg maheevoh s-s-speeree.”

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With a commanding voice and an emphatic, Emeril-esque “WOW!”

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When Tom asked if he had better come down that evening and call, John was most emphatic in his refusal.

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Squire William read it also, and gave it his most emphatic approval.

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He should be taught this truth in an emphatic manner by those responsible for his education.

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In the present instance the same ideas are reiterated with emphatic persistence, but little addition or variation.

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"Not a word out of place from me, Miss Dyce," would he cry, emphatic.

Bud |Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for emphatic

emphatic

/ (ɪmˈfætɪk) /

adjective

expressed, spoken, or done with emphasis

forceful and positive; definite; direct an emphatic personality

sharp or clear in form, contour, or outline

important or significant; stressed the emphatic points in an argument

phonetics denoting certain dental consonants of Arabic that are pronounced with accompanying pharyngeal constriction

noun

phonetics an emphatic consonant, as used in Arabic

Word Origin for emphatic

C18: from Greek emphatikos expressive, forceful, from emphainein to exhibit, display, from phainein to show

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