emphatic
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5.2
- adjective
- /ɪmˈfætɪk/
:
enfático
- She was emphatic in her response, clearly stating that she would not change her mind.
- emphatic statement
- emphatic yes
- the most emphatic
It just seems more emphatic, comedically emphatic.
- It just seems more emphatic, comedically emphatic.
- This is slight digression, but Faulkner is really very emphatic about the two phases of Hightower.
- That's why Gandhi was very emphatic.
- If you are, what's the word, if you are emphatic in your politics, you obviously should not be held liable.
- And so when he said we were having a conversation and Beau was very emphatic, he didn't want anybody to know how desperate his circumstance was.
- We can use a more emphatic tone of voice and even assume an appearance of being angry, but we don't want to actually be angry when we do this.
- You may even become so emphatic as you try to communicate with them because you're being told something so untrue that your volume increases.
Examples
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During the debate, he was emphatic about his stance on climate change, leaving no room for doubt.
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The teacher made an emphatic point about the importance of honesty in her lecture.
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Well, before you guys showed up they were pretty emphatic... about trying to get in here.
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If the answer is to be an emphatic yes, the questions then become: What will the world look like?
Academic text (2011) -
But he was very emphatic about wanting to do that.
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If you are, what's the word, if you are emphatic in your politics, you obviously should not be held liable.
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Bea is emphatic about this: "I was on the road to losing my mind!"
Academic text (2017) -
The IRS is emphatic that you cannot intend or even have the effect of helping one party or candidate over the other.
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Indeed, it presents the most emphatic correlation between emotional tone and color values in the film.
Academic text (1998) -
Attention to visual spectacle has been an emphatic part of the theater since the seventeenth century.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
62
4.3
Showing strong power and clear confidence in speech or actions
23
4.9
Very loud and clear, or very strong and complete when talking about success
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5.6
Direct and strong speech, writing, or action that shocks people
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7.7
Showing very strong feeling that is hard to ignore
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8.2
Language that uses clear, strong words to criticize ideas
Antonyms
How Emphatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Emphatic comes from the same root as emphasis and emphasize, from a Greek verb that meant 'to show clearly'. So to be emphatic is to show something very clearly and with strong feeling.