Definition of Accentuate

Accentuate

To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.

To mark with the written accent.

Related Definitions:

Accent, An, Bring, Distinctly, Emphasize, Make, Mark, Or, Out, Prominent, Pronounce, The, To, With, Written

Accentuate Quotations

I like when a girl knows what she looks like and dresses to accentuate those features.
Zac Efron

Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
Barbara Corcoran

To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently.
Florenz Ziegfeld

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
Donna Karan

Everyone's hip to the fact that we all do things to accentuate our looks - and it's much more accepted.
Kyan Douglas

I just don't think there are any rules to color. You have a small space with no windows? Put lamps in there, make it dramatic, paint the ceiling black. Do something with it. If it's dark, accentuate the darkness.
David Bromstad

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Accentuate Translations

accentuate in Afrikaans is beklemtoon
accentuate in Dutch is accentueren, beklemtonen
accentuate in French is accentuer, souligner
accentuate in German is betonen, akzentuieren
accentuate in Italian is accentatura
accentuate in Norwegian is fremheve, betone
accentuate in Swedish is betona, accentuera

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