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Definition of Overemphatic
1. Adjective. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overemphatic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overemphatic
Literary usage of Overemphatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Introspection tends to bring into overemphatic relief new sensory impressions.
It is not difficult to note what goes on in consciousness when a color is ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1919)
"... and overemphatic on some points, Mahayana is undecided and ambiguous on others,
and the question as to the exact nature of the Sambhogakaya is among ..."
3. The Drama and the Stage by Ludwig Lewisohn (1922)
"The reply that a dramatic action demands a concentration and an overemphatic
treatment of its motives only restates the old fallacy in another form. ..."
4. The Kingdom of Evils: Psychiatric Social Work Presented in One Hundred Case by Elmer Ernest Southard, Mary Cromwell Jarrett (1922)
"To be sure she was a little overemphatic in her speech but perhaps not more so
than a French-Canadian woman should be. Hours spent by Medical record, ..."
5. Henry David Thoreau: A Critical Study by Mark Van Doren (1916)
"... overemphatic self-assurance. In 1853 he looks back wistfully to riper days
when he grew like corn in the night: " Ah, those youthful days! ..."
6. The 19th Century: A Review of Progress During the Past One Hundred Years in by A G Sedgwick (1901)
"In the next generation we still meet Byron, sadly despoiled of his beams, in
spite of the overemphatic eulogy of a few untimely admirers, but always acutely ..."
7. Good Manners for All Occasions by Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster (1910)
"When annoyed we may keep perfectly quiet; when we find our voices becoming loud,
and our tones overemphatic, we may as well stop and think. ..."
8. Motion Picture Acting: How to Prepare for Photoplaying, what Qualifications by Frances May Scheuing (1913)
"Contrary to expectations her facial expression was restrained rather than
overemphatic and her diction was rarely fine." The attitude of the managers is ..."
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