adj. belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
adj. of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.
n. an emphatic consonant
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong
adj. Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible.
adj. Forceful and definite in expression or action; -- of statements, actions, or sections of documents.
adj. Sudden and strong; -- of statements.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis or stress of voice: as, the emphatic words in a sentence.
Forcibly significant; expressive; impressive: as, an emphatic gesture.
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adj. forceful and definite in expression or action
adj. sudden and strong
adj. spoken with emphasis
Word Usage
"Only slighly less annoying—and a by product of using emphasis too often—is what I call the emphatic emphasis: emphasizing a sentence or phrase with, for example, italics, and then emphasizing again a word within the phrase with bold, underlining, or caps."