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pro·nounced (prə no̵unst, prō-)

adjective

  1. spoken or uttered
  2. clearly marked; unmistakable; decided a pronounced change

pronounced Related Forms
pro·nounc·edly (--no̵unsid lē) adverb
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pronounced Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • increasingly: At the same time, Buckland's eccentricities seemed to be becoming increasingly pronounced.
  • particularly: There's one group of people whose need is particularly pronounced - people in acute psychiatric wards.
  • usually: An inverted term is also denoted by a line drawn above the term, usually pronounced ' bar ' .
  • quite: The tuck up is quite pronounced, especially in young dogs.
  • very: In either case there is a very pronounced authority.
  • so: Such analyzes help explain why polemics against foreign workers became so pronounced at the time of the Asian Crisis.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: And iPods charge slowly as well, making the problem more pronounced.

Modifies a noun

  • limp: The Earl of Carrick, now heir to the throne, was a sickly man with a pronounced limp.
  • aroma: With a 4 % ABV this session ale has a pronounced floral hop aroma tempered with an underlying roasted malt character.
  • tendency: There is also a pronounced tendency to conflate a cultural idea with identities.
  • accent: He speaks with a pronounced accent, sometimes searching for the right words.
  • ridge: The skull lacked the pronounced brow ridges seen in ape skulls.
  • nose: He couldn't have been older than seventeen or eighteen, with a pronounced nose, narrow eyes and a nervous expression.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: With ever more going on in Britain, this tendency can become even more pronounced.
  • seem: Even the audio effects have been sanitized: the beatings, screams and cracking bones seem less pronounced.
  • grow: While fitness declines with age for everyone, research highlighted that the difference between men and women grows more pronounced as they grow older.
  • get: The disagreement between Mark and Stevie gets more pronounced as the play progresses until they clash violently together near the end.
  • appear: It will become smoother and firmer, while deeper lines will appear much less pronounced.
  • hear: This took me to a selection of words and phrases in Irish Gaelic, which I was able to hear pronounced.

Preposition: in

  • year: And this " foreshadowing " has become even more pronounced in recent years, I believe.

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