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Heightened
Answer for the clue "Heightened ", 8 letters:
accented
Alternative clues for the word accented
Word definitions for accented in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
accented \accented\ adj. (Phonology) having the main stress of a word; -- used of syllables Syn: tonic (vs. atonic) 1 being pronounced with sterss; -- used of syllables Syn: heavy, strong
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: accent )
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" [syn: tonic ] [ant: atonic ] used of syllables or musical beats [syn: heavy , strong ]
Usage examples of accented.
Reuter said, in accented Anglic with the slightly pedantic twist of a CD veteran.
French, words that are to receive any stress are always accented on the final syllable.
Menelmacarwa would be accented on -arw- because of the cluster rw here arising: This cluster makes what is now the second-to-last syllable long, and therefore it receives the stress.
However, rasselya should have been accented rassELya rather than RASSelya, and notto-carinnar should have been notto-carINNar rather than notto-CARinnar.
Wiping at her eyes with the backs of her big, blubbery hands, she chuckled a bit more, then addressed the girl in tolerable if thickly accented Ehleeneekos.
He was using a deep, gentle, caring voice, in heavily accented English.