Accent
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

LILT
A jaunty rhythm in music

5 letters

DRAWL
A slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

TWANG
A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)

IDIOM
The style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

6 letters

STRESS
The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

BROGUE
A thick and heavy shoe

7 letters

DIALECT
The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

8 letters

EMPHASIS
The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

9 letters

EMPHASISE
To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

EMPHASIZE
To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

PUNCTUATE
To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

10 letters

ACCENTUATE
To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

STRESSMARK
A mark indicating the stress on a syllable

ACCENTMARK
A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

13 letters

SPEECHPATTERN
Distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"

14 letters

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