emphasizing
Making something stand out
Emphasizing is the present participle of emphasize, meaning to stress or give special importance to something.
You emphasize a point by dwelling on it, raising your voice, or repeating it: She kept emphasizing how important it was to arrive on time.
Emphasizing can also describe visual or design choices that highlight certain elements: The lighting was emphasizing her cheekbones.
Increasing power or solidity
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
- deepeningBecoming more profound
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
- magnifyingIncreasing perceived size
boosting · escalating · enhancing · augmenting · redoubling · elevating · bolstering · fortifying
Thick, dark lettering
- italicizeRender in sloped type
- underlineLine beneath text
- highlightMost notable part
- annotateAdd explanatory remarks
mark · circle · flag · asterisk · capitalize · bracket · box · indent
Pressure, mental or vocal
- underscoreLow horizontal text mark
- highlightMost notable part
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- foregroundNearest visual plane
amplify · reinforce · punctuate · illuminate · feature · assert · articulate · reiterate
strengthening
Increasing power or solidity
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
- deepeningBecoming more profound
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
magnifying · boosting · escalating · enhancing · augmenting · redoubling · elevating · bolstering · fortifying · compounding
boldface
Thick, dark lettering
annotate · mark · circle · flag · asterisk · capitalize · bracket · box · indent · enlarge
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- underscoreLow horizontal text mark
- highlightMost notable part
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
foreground · amplify · reinforce · punctuate · illuminate · feature · assert · articulate · reiterate · accent
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
enunciate · articulate · pronounce · vocalize · project · modulate · pitch · cadence · intonation · tone
- highlightingstressing, underscoring, accenting, accentuating, spotlighting
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
- explainingexplaining, clarifying, elaborating, elucidating, expounding
- showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- speech actsspeaking, talking, uttering, pronouncement, locution
emphasizingdownplaying
Diminishing perceived significance
de-emphasizing · minimizing · underplaying · glossing over · understating
emphasizingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · neglecting · denying · dismissing · suppressing
emphasizingunderstating
Representing as less significant
muting · hedging · qualifying · tempering · softening
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