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accentuated

[ ak-sen-choo-ey-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

emphasized or made particularly noticeable; prominent:
The carved humanoid figure has large almond-shaped eyes, full lips, and an accentuated chin.
(of a syllable or word) pronounced with greater loudness or length, higher pitch, or some combination of these; accented or stressed:
This dictionary indicates the accentuated syllable by placing a stress mark (‘) before it.
written or printed with a mark indicating stress, vowel quality, or other features of pronunciation:
User authentication does not work for usernames that contain an accentuated character.

First recorded in 1725–35; accentuate + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; accentuate + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

But for now, the marriage issue has simply accentuated a troubling divide.

Long sideburns accentuated his cheeks and, at night, black eyeliner rimmed his eyelids.

Her pixie haircut, a few months post-chemo, accentuated her ski-slope nose and flirty smile.

The actual ending is not bad, but why those accentuated chords in the very last bars?

This effect has no doubt been accentuated in the subsequent photographic processes.

The former at least has been accentuated since yesterday, when your likeness to Hi struck me very painfully.

It also accentuated the position of many of the camps, centres of population, and strategic posts.

Finally, this town has the grand, solemn air of an old capital, accentuated by a great river.

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