overemphatic

adjective

over·em·phat·ic ˌō-vər-im-ˈfa-tik How to pronounce overemphatic (audio)

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: uttered with or marked by excessive or extreme emphasis : excessively or inappropriately emphatic

… his overly erect posture and overemphatic diction make him come off like an enraged headwaiter.

Stuart Klawans

… the … posturing and overemphatic gesturing needed to reach the balcony in theater …

Ron Rosenbaum

… in reaching for a strong conclusion, I was overemphatic.

John Cassidy

overemphatically

ˌō-vər-im-ˈfa-ti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce overemphatic (audio)

-em-

adverb

… all the while Babs has to sit there and take it, laughing overemphatically at every punchline to prove she's in on the joke.

Teddy Jamieson

单词	overemphatic
释义	overemphatic adjective over·em·phat·ic ˌō-vər-im-ˈfa-tik -em- : uttered with or marked by excessive or extreme emphasis : excessively or inappropriately emphatic … his overly erect posture and overemphatic diction make him come off like an enraged headwaiter. Stuart Klawans … the … posturing and overemphatic gesturing needed to reach the balcony in theater … Ron Rosenbaum … in reaching for a strong conclusion, I was overemphatic. John Cassidy overemphatically ˌō-vər-im-ˈfa-ti-k(ə-)lē -em- adverb … all the while Babs has to sit there and take it, laughing overemphatically at every punchline to prove she's in on the joke. Teddy Jamieson Word History First Known Use 1820, in the meaning defined above
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