verb
definition
To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
definition
To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
definition
To mark with a written accent.
Examples of accentuated in a Sentence
Alex wore a light blue sweater that accentuated his dark complexion and Jonathan was dressed likewise.
He looked elegant in a light gray suit that accentuated his dark tan.
Personal pique accentuated this feeling in regard to Italy.
The barbarous reprisals into which Sultan Mahmud allowed himself to be carried away only accentuated the difficulty of the situation.
At the same time the feeling he had noticed between his protegee Natasha and Prince Andrew accentuated his gloom by the contrast between his own position and his friend's.
The policy of protection was further accentuated by raising the impost on corn from 5 to 7 francs per hectolitre (23/4 bushels).
The alliance of this latter power with Athens accentuated the rising jealousy of the Corinthians, who, after deprecating a federal war in 440, virtually forced Sparta's hand against Athens in 432.
The figures, even as they stand, are sufficient to establish a definite German superiority, but they were accentuated by other circumstances.
All these characteristics are accentuated below Little Rock.
Heavy eye makeup and dark red lips accentuated the glamour.
But in 1901 the strength of the active army and reserve shows a marked diminution, which became accentuated in the year following.
The theological division was accentuated by the Salters' Hall Controversy (1717-1719), which, nominally touching religious liberty versus subscription, really involved differences as to Trinitarian doctrine.
The fact that several accidents had already happened accentuated the risk, and in Great Britain the storage and use of liquefied acetylene are prohibited.
The earlier years of his reign were marked by a liberal spirit and the reform, especially, of the financial administration; but the revolutions of 1831 frightened him into reaction, which was accentuated by the opposition of the parliament to his expenditure on building and works of art.
The gentler synclines and anticlines of the earlier part of the period became accentuated, giving rise to pronounced mountain ridges, right across Europe.
His first wife, Catherine, daughter of Magnus I., duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, bore him in 1 533 his eldest son Eric. This union was neither long nor happy, but the blame for its infelicity is generally attributed to the lady, whose abnormal character was reflected and accentuated in her unhappy son.
The painting, which is accentuated by the lead lines, has great simplicity.
In the south-west the results of this erosion are seen in an accentuated form in the region between the White river and the South Fork of the Cheyenne river, known as the Bad Lands or terres mauvaises.
While Europe and probably North America were occupied by a warm temperate flora, tropical types had been driven southward, while the adaptation of others to arctic conditions had become accentuated.
Fabry in 1893; and the close orbital relationships of cometary groups, accentuated by the pursuit of each other along nearly the same track by the comets of 1843,1880 and 1882, singularly illustrated the probable vicissitudes of their careers.
But Berezowski's pistol shot, which accentuated the estrangement from the tsar, and the news of the death of Maximilian at Queretaro, cast a gloom over the later fetes.
The natural impartiality of his intellect was accentuated by a certain timidity, which is apparent in his writings no less than in his life.
At the same time the contrast between the vast proportions of the Carolingian empire and its feeble administrative control over a still uncivilized community became more and more accentuated.
His Bampton Lectures (in the preparation of which Blanco White had assisted him) were suspected of heresy, and this suspicion was accentuated by a pamphlet put forth by Newman, Elucidations of Dr Hampden's Theological Statements.
This indifference to the welfare of the Protestants added to the estrangement between the elector and his eldest son, which was further accentuated when John George, ignoring the Dispositio Achillea, bequeathed the new mark to one of his younger sons.
She was dressed in typical teenage garb and her large amethyst eyes were accentuated with heavy makeup.
December's parliamentary elections only accentuated this process, much to the anger of Bush's regime.
Small strips of wood are often used within the overall design that accentuated the larger pieces of the overall structure and size.
With the Get Started Eyes kit, you will learn how to define and line your eyes for accentuated drama.
The classic line of a matte black or a gun metal finish frames are accentuated by spring temples.
The Terskei Ala-tau forms a sharply accentuated, continuous, snow-clad range.
Others split readily into fine leaflets or laminae parallel to their bedding, and this structure is accentuated by the presence of films of other materials, such as sand or vegetable debris.
The privatization policies had merely accentuated the power of the market principle over the principle of redistribution.
This is strongly accentuated by the palpable differences between the US and NVA forces.
To a nearby third party, who has no choice in the matter, this staccato and often accentuated dialog can drive you mad!
This dispersion was accentuated in the presence of acute left ventricular dilatation.
Clothing is accentuated by large eyelets, oblique seams, seams on the outside and frayed ends.
This Frankenstein Monster is very tall and emaciated, the actor's frame accentuated by make-up that makes him appear even more gaunt.
Heavy rainfall has accentuated the huge river valleys and steep sided ravines that occur in the mainly volcanic rock.
Huge white backlit tulips accentuated the dark green of the yews.
The front legs should be long and well muscled with accentuated withers, and the back legs should be powerful and well muscled.
But industries of every description were most seriously crippled by the spirit of turbulence and disorder which manifested itself throughout Transcaucasia in the years 1904-1906, accentuated as they were further by the outbreak of the long-rooted racial enmities between theArmenians and the Tatars, especially at Baku in 1905.
But when the lagoon population was largely augmented in 568 as the result of Alboin's invasion, these jealousies were accentuated, and in 584 it was found expedient to appoint twelve other tribunes, known as the Tribuni Majores, who formed a kind of central committee to deal with all matters affecting the general weal of the lagoon communities.
In the West, meanwhile, the growth of the power of the papacy had tended more and more to the interpretation of the word " catholic " as implying communion with, and obedience to, the see of Rome (see Papacy); the churches of the East, no less than the heretical sects of the West, by repudiating this allegiance, had ceased to be Catholic. This identification of " Catholic " with " Roman " was accentuated by the progress of the Reformation.
Sir Henry's own tendency to favour the anti-war section, his refusal to support the government in any way, and his allusion to "methods of barbarism" in connexion with the conduct of the British army (June 14, 1901), accentuated the crisis within the party; and in 1901 the Liberal Imperialists, who looked to Lord Rosebery (q.v.) and Mr Asquith (q.v.) for their political inspiration, showed pronounced signs of restiveness.
A second, more generous coat resulted in ample curl and genuine fullness, accentuated by just the right amount of length - bold, but not so over-the-top that I looked like I was wearing a costume.
They are often accentuated with rosettes, flower petals, lace, pearls, or other delicate embellishments, and are frequently the most expensive flower girl dresses.
This look can be accentuated with a pair of hoop earrings complete with multiple pearls and black onyx beads that match the bracelet and necklace.
Many full-figured gals prefer to have their curves highlighted or accentuated by a piece of lingerie instead of leaving them exposed.
Having some curves is never a bad thing, and curves can be accentuated beautifully with plus size body stockings.