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Accentuating [ak-sen-choo-eyt]
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accentuate [ak-sen-choo-eyt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: focus attention on
Synonyms: accent, bring attention to, call attention to, draw attention to, emphasize, feature, give prominence to, highlight, point up, spotlight, stress, underline, underscore
Antonyms: divert attention from, mask
Main Entry: emphasize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stress, give priority to
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, insist on, italicize, labor the point, limelight, maintain, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, mark, pinpoint, play up, point out*, point up, press, pronounce, punctuate, put accent on, reiterate, repeat, rub in, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight
Antonyms: depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate
Main Entry: feature
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give prominence to
Synonyms: accentuate, advertise, blaze*, call attention to, emphasize, headline, italicize, make conspicuous, mark, play up, point up, present, promote, set off, spotlight*, star, stress, underline, underscore
Notes: the opener comes first in a three-comic show, followed by the feature, followed by the headliner
Antonyms: disregard, ignore
Main Entry: intensify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make more forceful, severe
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, add fuel, add to, aggrandize, aggravate, augment, beef up, boost, brighten, build up, concentrate, darken, deepen, emphasize, enhance, escalate, exacerbate, exalt, heat up, heighten, increase, intensate, lighten, magnify, point, pour it on, quicken, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, set off, sharpen, spike*, step up, strengthen, stress, tone up, whet
Antonyms: calm, lower, slow, soothe, weaken
Main Entry: overplay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be dramatic
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, blow out of proportion, dramatize, exaggerate, get carried away, ham it up, hyperbolize, labor at, lay it on thick, magnify, maximize, mug, overact, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overstate, overstress, overuse, overwork, point up, show off*, stretch
Antonyms: play down
Main Entry: play up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: emphasize
Synonyms: accentuate, bring to the fore, call attention to, feature, highlight, italicize, magnify, make a production of, point up, stress, turn spotlight on, underline, underscore
Antonyms: deemphasize, play down, underrate, undervalue
Main Entry: punctuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lay stress on
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, break, divide, emphasize, interject, interrupt, intersect, intersperse, mark, pepper, point, point up, separate, sprinkle, stress, underline
Main Entry: spotlight
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: focus attention on
Synonyms: accentuate, draw attention, feature, floodlight, give prominence, highlight, illuminate, limelight, point up, publicize, put on center stage
Antonyms: turn aside
Main Entry: underline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: emphasize; mark
Synonyms: accentuate, bracket, call attention to, caption, check off, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, interlineate, italicize, play up, point to, point up, rule, stress, underscore
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