Accentuate

/əkˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.eɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
3. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

Example Sentences

our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility

These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.

Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged.

Several digital effects are supported by Deck, ranging from a digital equalizer, which lets you accentuate or attenuate certain frequencies, to a stereoizer, which processes a mono- phonic recording to simulate stereo.

Eating meat does not conform to God's original intention, and resorting to carnivorism merely accentuates an unattractive part of human nature.

Soft girl makeup, as the name suggests is a pastel, sweet style that focuses on accentuating natural features with a signature element being blush and faux freckles.

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Word Forms

• accentuates
• accentuating
• accentuated

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