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overaccentuate

overaccentuate verb: to accentuate too much.

Verb

overaccentuate (third-person singular simple present overaccentuates, present participle overaccentuating, simple past and past participle overaccentuated)

  1. To accentuate too much.

Forms of overaccentuate

third-person singular presentoveraccentuates
present participleoveraccentuating
past participleoveraccentuated
pastoveraccentuated

Origin of overaccentuate

From over- + accentuate.

Questions about overaccentuate

What does overaccentuate mean?
Overaccentuate means to accentuate too much.
What part of speech is overaccentuate?
Overaccentuate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overaccentuate?
The past tense of overaccentuate is overaccentuated.

Words near overaccentuate in the dictionary

  1. overacceleration
  2. overaccent
  3. overaccented
  4. overaccenting
  5. overaccents
  6. overaccentuate
  7. overaccentuated
  8. overaccentuates
  9. overaccentuating
  10. overaccentuation
  11. overaccentuations

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