emphatic

Meaning

Adj

1. Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
2. Stated with conviction.
3. Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
4. Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
5. Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
6. Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).

Noun

1. An emphatic consonant.
2. A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.

Opposite of

plain

Synonyms

emphasized

forceful

indeed

insistent

emphasised

exclamatory

forcible

loud

peremptory

perspicuous

really

significant

stressed

strict

telling

energetical

decisive

emphatical

earnest

ejaculatory

energetic

expressive

firm

Translations

emphatique

nadrukkelijk

enfático

emfàtic

enfático

nachdrücklich

enfatico

esplicito

emfatisch

enérgico

exclamatiu

emphatisch

ausdrücklich

énergique

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛmˈfætɪk/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.