Stressed and Unaccented

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Stressed adjective - Bearing a stress or accent.

Usage example: an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'

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Unaccented is an antonym for stressed.

Nearby Words: stress, stressful, stressing

Unaccented adjective - (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress.

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Stressed is an antonym for unaccented.

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Unaccented and Stressed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stressed/unaccented

Stressed & Unaccented. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stressed/unaccented>.

Unaccented or Stressed. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stressed/unaccented.

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