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overemphatic

overemphatic adjective: excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation.

Adjective

overemphatic (comparative more overemphatic, superlative most overemphatic)

  1. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation

Forms of overemphatic

comparativemore overemphatic
superlativemost overemphatic

Origin of overemphatic

From over- + emphatic.

Words formed from overemphatic

Questions about overemphatic

What does overemphatic mean?
Overemphatic means excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation.
What part of speech is overemphatic?
Overemphatic is an adjective.

Words near overemphatic in the dictionary

  1. overemphasising
  2. overemphasize
  3. overemphasized
  4. overemphasizes
  5. overemphasizing
  6. overemphatic
  7. overemphatically
  8. overemploy
  9. overemployed
  10. overemploying
  11. overemployment

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