accenting

Noun

Meaning

of Accent

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

accentuation emphasizing feature tone emphasis stress emphasize pronunciation accent foreground inflection articulate underline underscore accentuate
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Antonyms

minimize discount diminish disdain skip scorn
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Hypernyms

action

Examples

Imagine Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Zora Neale Hurston accenting their most elegant Harlem Renaissance-era attire with glitzed-up denim. Source: Internet

Syncopated rhythms contradict those conventions by accenting unexpected parts of the beat. Source: Internet

The delivery of rap lyrics relies heavily upon an often regional pronunciation or non-traditional accenting of words and their phonemes to adhere to the artist's stylizations and the lyrics' written structure. Source: Internet

Variations exist such as displacing hi-hat/ride, snare and bass drum hits and/or using other cymbals such as splashes, crashes, chinas and even tambourines for accenting, for example when using odd time or playing progressively. Source: Internet

That needs to change, as the new Cornerstone creates a gorgeous place to gather, elegant and inviting, with touches of cerulean blue accenting a landscape of black and creamy white. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

accented speech accentedly accentedness accentism accentless accentlessly