Found 3 items, similar to emphatic.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: emphatic
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: emphatic
emphatic
adj 1: spoken with emphasis;
“an emphatic word” [syn:
emphasized,
emphasised]
2: sudden and strong;
“an emphatic no” [syn:
exclamatory]
3: forceful and definite in expression or action;
“the document
contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious
liberty” [syn:
forceful]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: emphatic
emphatic
\em*phat"ic\, emphatical
\em*phat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. emphatique. See
Emphasis.]
1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a
peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of
stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to
remonstrate in an emphatic manner; emphatic denials; an
emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.
[1913 Webster]
2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention;
impressive; forcible.
“Emphatical colors.” --Boyle.
“Emphatical evils.” --Bp. Reynolds.
3. Forceful and definite in expression or action; -- of
statements, actions, or sections of documents; as, the
document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of
religious liberty.
Syn: forceful.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
4. Sudden and strong; -- of statements; as, an emphatic no.
Syn: exclamatory.
[WordNet 1.5]
Syn: Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking;
positive; important; special; significant.
[1913 Webster]