emphatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce emphatic in British English:
UK [ɪmˈfætɪk]
How to pronounce emphatic in American English:
US [ɪmˈfætɪk]
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- Adjective:
- spoken with emphasis
- sudden and strong
- forceful and definite in expression or action
Word Origin
- emphatic (adj.)
- 1708, from Latinized form of Greek emphatikos, variant of emphantikos, from stem of emphainein (see emphasis). Emphatical is earlier (1550s in rhetorical sense, 1570s as "strongly expressive"). Related: Emphatically (1580s).
Synonym
Example
- 1. You must go , she said in an emphatic tone .
- 2. He was most emphatic that I should go .
- 3. Most certainly . Used as an emphatic affirmative reply .
- 4. An emphatic question or inquiry .
- 5. Asked whether the improved climate for foreign investment meant that a hypothetical second attempt by dubai to purchase us port operations would pass muster on capitol hill today , mr schumer is emphatic .