I have pretty much forgotten the emphatic constructions.
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Emphatic
/ɛmˈfætɪk/
Synonyms for "emphatic" (159 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Adjective(8 words)
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (48)
Noun(10 words)
demonstrated forcefulnessdramatic temperamentemphasizingexclaimingexclamatory sentenceforceful languageforceful stanceforcefully presentedforteheightened emotional expression
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(15 words)
dramatic gesturedumbfoundedemphasisedemphasizedexcitativeexclamatoryexecrableexplicitexpressive exclamationfiery statementflabbergastingforceful argumentforceful assertionforceful messageforceful speech
Verb(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
forcefully worded statement
Related words (79)
Adjective(27 words)
high degree of forcefulnesshistoric treatyindubitableinformal intensifierintensified noun phraseliteral usageloud energyloud exclamationloud voicelouderloudestmain thrustfulnessmotherfuckingpublic proclamationpunchiestspoken emphasisstouteststressedstrongstrong hint
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Noun(12 words)
highlightingmore forceful critiqueproclaimingrhetorical appealringingsforzandoshoutingshuckingsihasapatellingunderscoringword order
Verb(4 words)
Determiner(1 words)
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Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
5 entriesCollocations
6 entriesemphatic denialemphatic gestureemphatic stanceemphatic statementemphatic toneemphatic yes
Inflections
2 entriesmore emphaticmost emphatic
Derivations
3 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 9 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُفَخَّم adj (of emphatic consonants)
Bulgarian
2 entries- емфати́чен adj (of emphatic consonants)
- ударен adj (of emphatic consonants)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 強調 /强调 adj (of emphatic consonants)
French
1 entries- emphatique adj (of emphatic consonants)
German
1 entries- emphatisch adj (of emphatic consonants)
Hebrew
1 entries- נחצי adj (of emphatic consonants)
Japanese
1 entries- 強調 adj (of emphatic consonants)
Portuguese
1 entries- enfático adj (of emphatic consonants)
Russian
1 entries- эмфати́ческий adj (of emphatic consonants)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom is emphatic.
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He's emphatic.
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They apparently have the same accent as the Tuaregs, with the same emphatic intonations (warm voices). Igwanciyen, the Guanches, the only Berbers not to have been Islamized. To meditate...
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