emphatick
emphatick is the obsolete form of emphatic.
Meaning of emphatic
Adjective
emphatic (comparative more emphatic, superlative most emphatic)
- Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
- Yet when play restarted the Czech was a train that kept on running over Nadal. After breaking Nadal in the opening game of the final set, he went 2-0 up and later took the count to 4-2 with yet another emphatic ace – one of his 22 throughout.2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian
- Synonyms:
- pointed
- Stated with conviction.
- He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
- Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
- Relating to an emphatic pronoun, or a noun with an emphatic suffix attached to it.
- In Irish, the emphatic form of "mé" is "mise".
- Phrayngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages.
- Antonyms:
- plain
- Ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages.
- Antonyms:
- plain
Forms of emphatick
| comparative | more emphatick |
|---|---|
| superlative | most emphatick |
Questions about emphatick
- What is emphatick the obsolete form of?
- Emphatick is the obsolete form of emphatic.
Words near emphatick in the dictionary
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