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Emphatic

Alt. of Emphatical

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Similar meaning 10

Accented 84% connected

of Accent

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Accented 84% connected

of Accent

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Assertive 84% connected

Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Assertive 84% connected

Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Forceful 84% connected

Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Forceful 84% connected

Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Self-asserting 84% connected

asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Self-asserting 84% connected

asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Self-assertive 84% connected

Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Self-assertive 84% connected

Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Accent 74% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Accent 74% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Emphasis 74% connected

A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to im…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Emphasis 74% connected

A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to im…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vehemence 74% connected

The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vehemence 74% connected

The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Emphasized 92% connected

of Emphasize

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exclamatory 92% connected

Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forceful 92% connected

Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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