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noun
emphasis
Synonyms: accent, accentuation, beat, force, import, importance, significance, urgency, weight
Antonyms: ignorance, unimportance
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noun
physical or mental pressure
Synonyms: affliction, agony, alarm, albatross, anxiety, apprehensiveness, burden, clutch, crunch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fear, fearfulness, ferment, flutter, force, hardship, hassle, heat, impatience, intensity, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, nervous tension, oppression, overextension, passion, protraction, pull, restlessness, spring, strain, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tightness, traction, trauma, trepidation, trial, urgency, worry
Antonyms: indifference, relaxation
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verb
accentuate, emphasize
Synonyms: accent, belabor, dwell on, feature, harp on, headline, italicize, lay emphasis on, make emphatic, play up, point up, repeat, rub in, spot, spotlight, underline, underscore
Antonyms: attenuate, reduce, relax
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verb
put under physical or mental pressure
Synonyms: afflict, burden, crunch, distend, force, fret, hassle, overdo, overextend, pull, put in traction, put on trial, spring, strain, stretch, tense, tense up, traumatize, worry