Clues for the word "ACCENT"
We've had 94 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 182 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on June 06, 2026.
Definition of accent
- n. - A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
- n. - A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
- n. - Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.
- n. - A word; a significant tone
- n. - expressions in general; speech.
- n. - Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- n. - A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
- n. - A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
- n. - The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- n. - The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
- n. - A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.
- n. - A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
- n. - A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.
- v. t. - To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
- v. t. - To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
Referring Clues
- Sign of stress?
- One way to identify a foreigner
- Brogue or twang
- Speech coach's assignment
- Cause of misunderstanding?
- Highlight
- Emphasize
- One of two in "résumé"
- Evidence that one is an alien
- It might be grave
- Foreigner's ID?
- Regional manner of speech
- Southern drawl, for one
- Something every entrée has?
- Circumflex, for example
- Local speech pattern, to outsiders
- Stress
- Brogue, e.g.
- Immigrant's giveaway
- Emphasis
- Sign of stress
- One way to tell where someone is from
- Pronunciational prominence
- Grave marker?
- Entrée feature
- "Les Misérables" feature
- Make stronger
- Apply blush to, perhaps
- Put stress on
- Attaché feature?
- Sound common to Boston and New York
- In Boston, this makes a god out of a guard
- Foreigner's giveaway
- Evidence of one's upbringing
- Actor's study, perhaps
- Brogue
- Brogue or twang, e.g.
- Reason for a misunderstanding
- Style of pronunciation
- JFK's was Bostonian
- Southern drawl, e.g.
- A foreign person may talk with one
- Intonation
- A child's first coin, in a manner of speaking
- Bill has coin with special significance
- Tone of voice
- Regional speech sound
- Regional lilt
- Stress, emphasis
- Emphasise
- Emphasis on a note or chord
- Emphasis on a chord
- Mark over a vowel, perhaps
- The emphasis on current cash
- Emphasise that electricity takes very little money!
- Stress it's a small quantity: ten drops
- Emphasis in local speech?
- Emphasise that the accountant returned the money
- Emphasise that a cricket club net is broken
- Possibly a grave sign of stress
- Acute, perhaps
- Stress it's money on account
- Drawl, for one
- Foreign pronunciation
- Stress about money's a first
- Perhaps grave speech: get rid of euro, in part
- Account with American money causes stress
- Beat stress
- Highlight account with little money
- A little volume cured ten of stress
- Stress, in a manner of speaking
- Inflection
- Place stress on
- A Canadian's first coin, in a manner of speaking
- Dialect
- Stress, emphasise
- Symbol on a letter
- Idiosyncratic articulation
- Stress mark
- Foreigner's giveaway, perhaps
- Good thing to pick up when studying abroad
- Regional articulation
- One may be added to "rose"
- Stress that is a c-coin
- Feature of the "e" in 57-Across
- A tilde is one
- What's found in cafés but not coffee shops?
- Emphasis in local speech?
- Feature of many New Yorkers' speech
- Dialect coach's focus
- Speech feature
- Manner of speaking
- Southern drawl, for example
- One of two found on résumés?
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - June 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 03, 2026
- New York Times - May 24, 2026
- Your Life Choices - May 07, 2026
- Daily American - March 09, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 02, 2026
- Daily American - February 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 20, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 26, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 19, 2025
- New York Times - September 16, 2025
- New York Times - July 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 07, 2025
- Daily American - June 28, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 27, 2025
- USA Today - March 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 12, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 30, 2024
- Mirror Mini - December 30, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 16, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - November 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2024
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