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   emphatic

   /ɪmˈfatɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. expressing something forcibly and clearly: "the children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience" Similar vehementfirmwholeheartedforcefulforcibleenergeticvigorousardentassertiveinsistentcertaindirectdefiniteout-and-outone hundred per centdecideddeterminedearnestcategoricalunqualifiedunconditionalunequivocalunambiguousabsoluteexplicitdownrightoutrightclearOpposite hesitanttentative
   • ▪ (of an action or its result) definite and clear: "an emphatic World Cup win" Similar conclusivedecisivemarkedpronounceddecidedunmistakablepositivedefinitestrongpowerfulstrikingdistinctiveresoundingtellingmomentousinformal:thumpingthunderingOpposite narrow
   • 2. (of a word or syllable) bearing the stress.
   • ▪ (of certain Arabic consonants) pronounced with both dental articulation and constriction of the pharynx.

   noun

   • 1. an emphatic consonant.

   Word Origin early 17th century: via French and late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphainein ‘indicate, show’ (see emphasis).

   Scrabble Points: 17

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