accentuated

[ ak-sen-choo-ey-tid ]

adjective

1. emphasized or made particularly noticeable; prominent:

   The carved humanoid figure has large almond-shaped eyes, full lips, and an accentuated chin.

2. (of a syllable or word) pronounced with greater loudness or length, higher pitch, or some combination of these; accented or stressed:

   This dictionary indicates the accentuated syllable by placing a stress mark (‘) before it.

3. written or printed with a mark indicating stress, vowel quality, or other features of pronunciation:

   User authentication does not work for usernames that contain an accentuated character.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of accentuate.

Other Words From

• un·ac·cen·tu·at·ed adjective
• well-ac·cen·tu·at·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of accentuated¹

First recorded in 1725–35; accentuate + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; accentuate + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Right now, it is too one-sided and the gulf is accentuated by the arrival of the breakaway LIV tour, which deprived the home team of Australia’s 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith and the highly rated Chilean Joaquin Niemann.

From BBC

Hailing from the southern state of Tabasco, López Obrador won election on a promise to end entrenched corruption and reduce the income gap in a country riven by economic and racial inequalities that were accentuated by the North American Free Trade Agreement.

From Los Angeles Times

The challenges Biden faced, which were accentuated by the debate performance, threatened to interrupt that streak.

From Salon

“The gown enveloped her in an aura that accentuated her vocals, irrevocably touching hearts worldwide,” the design house added.

From Los Angeles Times

Accessorizing—and the popularization of it—breeds cupidity, to a degree, which has been accentuated by social media, according to research.

From Slate

Related Words

• emphasize
• highlight
• point up
• underline
• underscore