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Synonyms for accentuate
ækˈsɛn tʃuˌeɪtac·cen·tu·ate

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuateverb

    to stress, single out as important

    "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

    Synonyms:
    emphasise, mark, punctuate, stress, try, accent, underscore, strain, underline, emphasize

  2. stress, accent, accentuateverb

    put stress on; utter with an accent

    "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

    Synonyms:
    emphasise, punctuate, stress, try, accent, strain, emphasize

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  1. accentuateverb

    Synonyms:
    mark with accent, put the mark of accent upon

  2. accentuateverb

    Synonyms:
    accent, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "accentuate":

    exacerbate

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#684try
#834mark
#2989stress
#6612strain
#8873accent
#12802emphasize
#19433underline
#25091underscore
#32104emphasise
#44647exacerbate
#54875accentuate
#93647punctuate

How to use accentuate in a sentence?

  1. Mary Alvord:

    On the other hand, kids and teens, say with temporary acne, might welcome a touched up picture that does n’t accentuate what they look like that particular day – for all the upcoming years to remember.

  2. G.H. Hardy:

    ...a science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the destribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life.

  3. Betty White:

    Enjoy life, accentuate the positive, not the negative. It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look.


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