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Synonyms for accented
Verb
- 1. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate, express, show, evince
- usage: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
- 2. stress, accent, accentuate, pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
- usage: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
Adjective
- 1. tonic (vs. atonic), accented
- usage: used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word"
- 2. accented, heavy, strong, stressed (vs. unstressed)
- usage: used of syllables or musical beats
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