emphatic
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.
an emphatic consonant.
Origin of emphatic
1Other words for emphatic
Opposites for emphatic
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
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How to use emphatic in a sentence
For the British grassroots initiative RunEqual, the answer to that question is an emphatic “yes.”
Should Men and Women Race the Same Distance? | Martin Fritz Huber | January 27, 2021 | Outside OnlineLouis Vuitton’s Fall 2021 menswear show was an emphatic note to self.
Virgil Abloh Brings Louis Vuitton Home With Fall Menswear | Nandi Howard | January 22, 2021 | Essence.comFrom Miami to Manhattan, hospital leaders and public officials have been equally emphatic.
‘Pixie dust’: Why some vaccine sits on shelves while shortages intensify nationwide | Isaac Stanley-Becker, Lena H. Sun | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostIn expressing emphatic support for the protests, the West meanwhile ignores Beijing’s hard-wired national security fears over Hong Kong.
Hanging over the process is the fact that Netanyahu's emphatic rejection of any deal in 2015 effectively sidelined Israel as Barack Obama sealed the previous deal.
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The adjudication of the Daily Beast office was clear and emphatic: penguin, penguin, penguin.
How Monty The Penguin Won Christmas: Britain’s Epic, Emotional Commercials | Tim Teeman | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe CDC too, has been emphatic in their promotion of the technique.
Doctors Without Borders Hits Ebola Breaking Point | Abby Haglage, Kent Sepkowitz | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the 92Y talk, de la Renta was emphatic about the future of his label.
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, American Great, Dead at 82 | Tim Teeman | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a creepy sound, inhumanly high-pitched and strangely clipped and emphatic: “S-s-eeg maheevoh s-s-speeree.”
With a commanding voice and an emphatic, Emeril-esque “WOW!”
Meet the Chef Fighting to Ensure That Brazilians Will Never Be as Fat as Americans | Brandon Presser | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe sang the words with an odd, emphatic slowness, turning to look at Lettice between the phrases.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe merest acquaintance would have said something more emphatic than "I will, thank you; good-by," to such a request.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHe had the military trick of putting an emphatic order in the fewest and simplest words.
The Red Year | Louis TracyShe had once been almost as emphatic in expressing herself upon the subject as the corner grocer.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe emphatic al places the alchemist as much above the ordinary chemist as the gold which he obtains is superior to other metals.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for emphatic
/ (ɪmˈfætɪk) /
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
phonetics an emphatic consonant, as used in Arabic
Origin of emphatic
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