1. spoken with a particular accent or way of pronouncing words
2. emphasized or stressed in speech
3. marked with a written accent mark

Examples

• Her heavily accented English revealed her foreign origins.
• The accented syllable in the word ‘photograph’ is the first one.
• He spoke with a thick Southern accented drawl.
• The accented vowels in French words help with pronunciation.
• Her British accented speech charmed the American audience.
• The teacher explained which syllables should be accented in the poem.
• The accented letters in Spanish include á, é, í, ó, and ú.