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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
emphatic \em*phat"ic\, emphatical \em*phat"ic*al\, adjective [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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
emphatic
adjective
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "emphatic": absolute, accented, accentuated, affirmative, affirmatory, aggressive, ardent, assertative, assertional, assertive, burning, categorical, certain, decided, declarative, declaratory, definite, definitive, determined, direct, distinct, dogged, dogmatic, earnest, emphasized, energetic, enthusiastic, exciting, explicit, express, fervent, fiery, firm, forceful, forcible, glowing, impassioned, in red letters, incisive, insistent, intense, italicized, marked, passionate, peremptory, pointed, positive, predicational, predicative, pronounced, provoking, punctuated, resolute, resounding, specific, starred, stimulating, stirring, stressed, strong, sure, unambiguous, uncompromising, underlined, underscored, unequivocal, unmistakable, urgent, vehement, vigorous, warm
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