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accenting
[n. ak-sent; v. ak-sent, ak-sent] 
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accent
[n. ak-sent; v. ak-sent, ak-sent]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place emphasis, importance |
| Synonyms: | accentuate, draw attention to, emphasize, highlight, intensify, stress, underline, underscore |
| Antonyms: | disacknowledge, minimize |
| Main Entry: | accessorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add ornament |
| Synonyms: | accent, add on, adorn, equip, supplement |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pronounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words vocally |
| Synonyms: | accent, articulate, enunciate, phonate, say, sound, speak, stress, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
| Antonyms: | mumble |
| 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: | stress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accentuate, emphasize |
| Synonyms: | accent, belabor, dwell on, feature, harp on, headline, italicize, lay emphasis on, make emphatic, play up, point up, repeat, rub in, spot, spotlight*, underline, underscore* |
| Antonyms: | attenuate, reduce, relax |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | underscore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | underline, emphasize |
| Synonyms: | accent, accentuate, call attention to, caption, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, italicize, mark, point to, stress |
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