accented
adjective
ac·cent·ed
ˈak-ˌsen-təd 
ak-ˈsen-
British usually ək-ˈsen-
: spoken or written with an accent
an accented syllable
a person who speaks slightly/heavily accented English
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Just minutes after, Lori Harvey walked out on the Golden Globes red carpet in a gorgeous green accented dress.
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Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis all coordinated in dark blue and white accented looks.
—Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 25 Dec. 2025
Williams, unfortunately, is so wrong-footed by the requirements of the period’s rhythms that her first heavily accented appearance, in a dockside saloon, is her most unsteady.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Those longing for Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders movie will be well sated by this series, which has the same roiling energy, propulsive scoring, and heavily accented gangsters as the British filmmaker’s most popular work.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis all coordinated in dark blue and white accented looks.
—Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 25 Dec. 2025
Williams, unfortunately, is so wrong-footed by the requirements of the period’s rhythms that her first heavily accented appearance, in a dockside saloon, is her most unsteady.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Those longing for Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders movie will be well sated by this series, which has the same roiling energy, propulsive scoring, and heavily accented gangsters as the British filmmaker’s most popular work.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Accented.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accented. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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