accentuate
verb
[ əkˈsɛntʃʊeɪt ]
• make more noticeable or prominent.
• "his jacket unfortunately accentuated his paunch"
Similar:
focus attention on,
bring/call/draw attention to,
point up,
underline,
underscore,
accent,
highlight,
spotlight,
foreground,
feature,
give prominence to,
make more prominent,
make more noticeable,
play up,
bring to the fore,
heighten,
stress,
emphasize,
put/lay emphasis on,
Opposite:
mask,
divert attention from,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from medieval Latin accentuat- ‘accented’, from the verb accentuare, from accentus ‘tone’ (see accent).
