Associations to the word «Emphatic»

Wiktionary

EMPHATIC, adjective. Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
EMPHATIC, adjective. Stated with conviction.
EMPHATIC, adjective. Belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
EMPHATIC, adjective. (phonology) of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.
EMPHATIC, noun. (phonology) An emphatic consonant.
EMPHATIC, noun. (linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".

Dictionary definition

EMPHATIC, adjective. Spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word".
EMPHATIC, adjective. Sudden and strong; "an emphatic no".
EMPHATIC, adjective. Forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates