Accent
Raise
Raise verb - To move from a lower to a higher place or position.
How words are described
| good | good accent | good raise |
| normal | normal accent | normal raise |
| slight | slight accent | slight raise |
| bad | bad accent | bad raise |
| Other adjectives: new. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- American Accents: Several characters raise the observation that though Anna is from the South, she doesn't have a Dixie accent.
Source: Fan Fic / Mutatis Mutandis -
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Newland doesn't raise his voice often, because this often happens when he does.
- Parodied in Bottom, while trapped atop a ferris wheel, Richie remarks (in a vaguely American accent) that if he gets through the ordeal, he'll settle down with a good woman in the country, and raise a couple of kids.
Source: If We Get Through This
Cite this Source
Raise and Accent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accent/raise
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