accent


Meanings

  • distinctive manner of oral expression;
    • "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"
  • special importance or significance;
    • "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
  • the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;
    • "he has a strong German accent"
  • the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);
  • a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
  • to stress, single out as important;
  • put stress on; utter with an accent;
    • "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
  • ACCENT v -ED, -ING, -S to pronounce with prominence


Scrabble Score: 10

accent is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

accent is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

accent is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 13

accent is a valid Words With Friends word