Definition of "emphatic"

Characterized by emphasis; forceful.  quotations  examples

Stated with conviction.  examples

(grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.  examples

(phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.

1. pharyngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages  examples

2. ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages  examples

(phonology, archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).

(phonology) An emphatic consonant.

(linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".  examples