accentuate
verb
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noun
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Synonyms
accent, emphasize, feature, foreground, highlight, illuminate, play up, point (up), press, punctuate, stress
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In the photo, Witherspoon, 43, accentuated her startled face with a Snapchat filter, complete with glasses, bunny ears and sparkly hair bows. — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, "Reese Witherspoon reveals 'how to talk to your kids on Snapchat' and many moms can relate," 23 Aug. 2019 Yellow-green walls accentuate deep recesses that give the four-story building a strongly sculptural presence. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Chicago shows how public housing and libraries can coexist and be visually stunning. Now we need more of them.," 22 Aug. 2019 Such barriers always accentuate my feelings of difference from the river otters, sunfish and rainbow trout, to whom both clock time and floating partitions are a mere curiosity. — New York Times, "The Magic of Swimming Holes," 18 Aug. 2019 Last weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton accentuated a painful fact of 21st century life: the lurking fear that a lethal threat could erupt at any public gathering. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Jumpy? In an anxious age, San Diegans feel the jitters," 11 Aug. 2019 Their timidity also only accentuated rampant hypocrisy. — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, "Democrats’ Debate Cowardice, Hypocrisy, and Nuttiness," 6 Aug. 2019 Eleven's periodic uncertainty with romance and fashion, as much tied to Hopper sheltering her now as to her laboratory upbringing, accentuates Brown's comic timing and offers necessary interludes between nosebleeds. — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Stranger Things' Season 3: TV Review," 30 June 2019 This accentuates in all the right places, and smooths over or hides the not-so-favorite places. — Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com, "Amazon Shoppers Say This Comfy, $18 Summer Dress Is One of the Most Flattering They Own," 19 June 2019 Magno: Lighter shades of high-gloss finishes can accentuate architectural detail without overwhelming an existing color scheme. — Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, "Everything You Need to Know About High-Gloss Paint," 22 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'accentuate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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