Meaning & use
Underscoring
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Emphasizing or drawing attention to the importance of something.
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The report kept underscoring the need for immediate climate action.
Her tone of voice was underscoring just how serious the situation was.
A note on using this word
Literally, "underscoring" once meant drawing a line under a word, a practice that gave rise to its figurative sense of emphasis.
Words with a similar meaning
emphasizinghighlighting
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Words with an opposite meaning
downplaying
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