n. 1 emphasis, stress, force, prominence, accentuation; intensity, inflection; cadence, beat The accent is on the second syllable in 'reward' 2 diacritic, diacritical mark, mark, accent mark There is an acute accent on the 'e' in 'cliché' 3 pronunciation, articulation, intonation, speech pattern, inflection Even after forty years in the country, he still speaks English with an Italian accent
v. 4 accentuate, emphasize, stress, give prominence to, mark, underline, underscore, distinguish, highlight, set off or apart In her speech, the psychologist accented the 'id' in 'idiot' Why must he always accent the negative aspect of everything?