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Definitions for Emphatic
[1] uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
[2] using emphasis in speech or action.
[3] forceful; insistent: a big, emphatic man; I must be emphatic about this particular.
[4] very impressive or significant; strongly marked; striking: the emphatic beauty of sunset.
[5] clearly or boldly outlined: It stands, like a great, stone dagger, emphatic against the sky.
[6] 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.
[7] Phonetics . having a secondary velar articulation, as certain dental consonants in Arabic.
[8] an emphatic consonant.
[9] expressed, spoken, or done with emphasis
[10] forceful and positive; definite; direct an emphatic personality
[11] sharp or clear in form, contour, or outline
[12] important or significant; stressed the emphatic points in an argument
[13] phonetics denoting certain dental consonants of Arabic that are pronounced with accompanying pharyngeal constriction
[14] phonetics an emphatic consonant, as used in Arabic
Words related to Emphatic
pronounced, resounding, sure, vigorous, definitive, categorical, definite, forceful, explicit, unmistakable, confident, assertive, telling, energetic, sober, impressive, absolute, assured, certain, cogent
Words nearby Emphatic
emperor moth, emperor penguin, empery, emphasis, emphasize, emphatic, emphatically, emphysema, empire, empire builder, empire building
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
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
Word origin for Emphatic
C18: from Greek emphatikos expressive, forceful, from emphainein to exhibit, display, from phainein to show
Synonyms for Emphatic
assertive, categorical, confident, definite, definitive, energetic, explicit, forceful, impressive, pronounced, resounding, sober, sure, telling, unmistakable, vigorous, absolute, accented, assured, certain, cogent, decided, determined, direct, distinct, dogmatic, dynamic, earnest, express, flat, for a face, forcible, important, marked, momentous, no mistake, pointed, positive, potent, powerful, significant, solemn, stressed, striking, strong, trenchant