pronounced
pronounced
Definition
pro·nounced (prə no̵unst′, prō-)
adjective
- spoken or uttered
- clearly marked; unmistakable; decided a pronounced change
pro·nounc′·edly (--no̵un′sid lē) adverb
pronounced
Synonyms
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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