Emphatic

Quick meaning: Emphatic is an adjective meaning Characterized by emphasis; forceful.

Meaning

Characterized by emphasis; forceful.

More Meanings

1. Stated with conviction.
2. (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
3. (phonology) An emphatic consonant.
4. (linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.
5. (phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
6. (phonology, archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).

Example Sentences

He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.

Yet when play restarted the Czech was a train that kept on running over Nadal. After breaking Nadal in the opening game of the final set, he went 2-0 up and later took the count to 4-2 with yet another emphatic ace – one of his 22 throughout.

Word Forms

• emphatick
• emphatics

Synonyms for emphatic

Depending on context, synonyms include distinct, assertive, forceful, stressed, emphasized, exclamatory.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include assertive, forceful, stressed, exclamatory, emphasized, powerful.

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