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ACCENTED adjective

Definition of accented (adjective)

  1. used of syllables
    • "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word"
    • synonyms: tonic
    • antonym: atonic
  2. bearing a stress or accent
    • "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
    • synonyms: stressed
    • antonym: unstressed
Source: Princeton University Wordnet
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