Definitions of accented
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bearing a stress or accent
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synonyms:
stressed
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emphasised, emphasized, emphatic
spoken with emphasis
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masculine
(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
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Antonyms:
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unstressed
not bearing a stress or accent
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feminine
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
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light, unaccented, weak
(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
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unemphatic
not emphasized
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emphasised, emphasized, emphatic
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used of syllables
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synonyms:
tonic
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Antonyms:
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atonic, unaccented
used of syllables
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atonic, unaccented
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