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Stress

Distress.

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Broader term 21

Accent 76% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Afflict 76% connected

To strike or cast down; to overthrow.

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Articulate 76% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

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Difficulty 76% connected

The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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Emphasis 76% connected

A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to im…

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Enounce 76% connected

To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument.

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Enunciate 76% connected

To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

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Evince 76% connected

To conquer; to subdue.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Inflection 76% connected

The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

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Pronounce 76% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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Prosody 76% connected

That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Strain 76% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Suffer 76% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Narrower term 2

Accentuation 76% connected

Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

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Tension 76% connected

The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the m…

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Manner of action 6

Background 76% connected

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Emphasise 76% connected

To make a point stand out as especially important.

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Emphasize 76% connected

To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

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Rack 76% connected

Same as Arrack.

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Underline 76% connected

To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.

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Underscore 76% connected

To draw a mark or line under; to underline.

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Derivationally related 6

Accent 74% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Accent 74% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Accentual 74% connected

Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

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Accentual 74% connected

Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

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Emphasis 74% connected

A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to im…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Emphasis 74% connected

A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to im…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 10

Accent 92% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Accentuate 92% connected

To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Emphasis 92% connected

A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to im…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Emphasise 92% connected

To make a point stand out as especially important.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Emphasize 92% connected

To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Focus 92% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Punctuate 92% connected

To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.

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Strain 92% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tension 92% connected

The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the m…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Try 92% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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