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accented

accented is the simple past and past participle of accent.

Meaning of accent

Verb

accent (third-person singular simple present accents, present participle accenting, simple past and past participle accented)

  1. (transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
  2. (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
  3. (transitive) To mark with written accents.

See all 22 meanings of accent

Adjective

accented (comparative more accented, superlative most accented)

  1. Having an accent.

Forms of accented

comparativemore accented
superlativemost accented

Words formed from accented

Questions about accented

What does accented mean?
Accented means having an accent.
What is accented the simple past and past participle of?
Accented is the simple past and past participle of accent.
What part of speech is accented?
Accented is an adjective.

Words near accented in the dictionary

  1. accent tags
  2. accent wall
  3. accent walls
  4. accent-wise
  5. accentable
  6. accented
  7. accentedly
  8. accentedness
  9. accenting
  10. accentism
  11. accentless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accented (page history and authors); accent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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