Emphatic and Weak

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Emphatic adjective - Marked by or uttered with forcefulness.

Usage example: the governor issued an emphatic denial of all charges

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Weak is an antonym for emphatic in topics: forceful, insistent.

Nearby Words: emphasis, emphatically

Weak adjective - Lacking bodily strength.

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Emphatic is an antonym for weak.

Nearby Words: weaken, weakness, weakly, weakening, weakling

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