 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pronounced
adjective
1: strongly marked; easily noticeable; "walked with a marked
limp"; "a pronounced flavor of cinnamon" [syn: {marked}]
2: produced by the organs of speech
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pronounced}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Pronounging}.] [F. prononcer, L. pronunciare;
pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See
{Announce}.]
1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to
utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper
sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a
foreign language correctly.
2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree
or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
Sternly he pronounced
The rigid interdiction. --Milton.
3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as,
to pronounce an oration.
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to
you. --Shak.
4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a
libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
The God who hallowed thee and blessed,
Pronouncing thee all good. --Keble.
Syn: To deliver; utter; speak. See {Deliver}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pronounced \Pro*nounced"\, adjective [F. prononc['e].]
Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided.
Note: [A Gallicism]
[His] views became every day more pronounced.
--Thackeray.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "pronounced":
absolute, affirmed, alleged, announced, arrant, articulated,
asserted, asseverated, assured, attested, averred, avouched,
avowed, blatant, bold, certified, classical, clean-cut, clear,
clear as crystal, clear-cut, complete, conspicuous, consummate,
crass, crystal-clear, decided, declared, defined, definite,
definitive, deposed, distinct, downright, egregious, enunciated,
evident, flagrant, glaring, gross, hanging out, identifiable,
in focus, in relief, in the foreground, intolerable, lingual,
linguistic, manifestoed, marked, notable, noticeable, notorious,
nuncupative, obtrusive, obvious, oral, ostensible, out-and-out,
outright, outstanding, parol, patent, perfect, plain, pledged,
positive, precious, predicated, professed, profound, prominent,
proper, rank, recognizable, regular, said, salient, shattering,
shocking, sounded, specific, speech, spoken, staring, stark,
stark-staring, stated, sticking out, striking, strong, superlative,
surpassing, sworn, sworn to, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing,
total, unalloyed, unambiguous, unbearable, unconscionable,
undeniable, undisguised, unequivocal, unmistakable, unmitigated,
unmixed, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, unwritten, utter,
uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocal, vocalized, voiced, voiceful,
vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted, well-defined, well-marked,
well-pronounced, well-resolved
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