accentuating

• accelerating
• accenting
• advancing
• advertising
• aggravating
• amplifying
• augmenting
• bearing down on
• boosting
• bringing out
• broadening
• building
• building up
• consolidating
• deepening
• dominant
• emphasizing
• enforcing
• enhancing
• enlarging
• enlivening
• escalating
• exacerbating
• expanding
• extending
• featuring
• focusing
• focussing
• foregrounding
• growing
• hastening
• heightening
• highlighting
• identifying
• illuminating
• intensifying
• italicizing
• lengthening
• magnifying
• making much of
• maximizing
• overplaying
• pinpointing
• playing up
• plugging
• pressing
• promoting
• publicizing
• punctuating
• quickening
• redoubling
• reenforcing
• reinforcing
• restrengthening
• sharpening
• spotlighting
• stepping up
• strengthening
• stressing
• supplementing
• underlining
• underscoring

• abating
• alleviating
• belittling
• de-emphasizing
• decreasing
• diminishing
• discounting
• disparaging
• dwindling
• easing
• lessening
• lightening
• minimizing
• moderating
• playing down
• receding
• reducing
• subduing
• subsiding
• underemphasizing
• understating
• waning
• weakening

• verb
  1. To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
  2. To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
  3. To mark with a written accent.

• The designer used bold patterns, accentuating the modern aesthetic of the room.
• Her bright smile was accentuating the joyful atmosphere of the party.
• The film’s soundtrack plays a crucial role in accentuating the emotional scenes.
• The artist is skilled at accentuating the beauty of nature in her paintings.
• Proper lighting can be key to accentuating the features of a landscape.

magnifying

illuminating

making much of

declaring

laying down

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