PRONOUNCED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pronounced mean? 

• PRONOUNCED (adjective)
  The adjective PRONOUNCED has 1 sense:

1. strongly marked; easily noticeable

  Familiarity information: PRONOUNCED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRONOUNCED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strongly marked; easily noticeable

Synonyms:

marked; pronounced

Context example:

a pronounced flavor of cinnamon

Similar:

noticeable (capable or worthy of being noticed)

 Context examples 

His heart and lungs were pronounced magnificent.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Well," said he, at last, "we've gone and done it, young fellah my lad." (This curious phrase he pronounced as if it were all one word—"young-fellah-me-lad.")

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

'Let it be right'—the very words: you have pronounced them.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It is the major interferon produced by virus-induced leukocyte cultures and, in addition to its pronounced antiviral activity, it causes activation of NK cells.

(Interferon Alpha, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It causes a staph infection (pronounced "staff infection") that is resistant to several common antibiotics.

(MRSA, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Each put on one nice light glove, and carried one soiled one, and all pronounced the effect "quite easy and fine".

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And this is the first time I have ever heard the word pronounced.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The effect is most pronounced near sunset, when light from the sun passes through a longer path in the atmosphere than it does at mid-day.

(Sunset in Mars' Gale Crater, NASA)

The next day White Fang's anxiety and restlessness were even more pronounced.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Vertical ridges are usually not associated with underlying disorders and tend to become more pronounced with age.

(Nail Ridging, NCI Thesaurus)