adjective
- strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
- clearly indicated: a pronounced contrast.
- decided; unequivocal: pronounced views.
adjective
- strongly marked or indicated
- (of a sound) articulated with vibration of the vocal cords; voiced
adj.“spoken,” 1570s, past participle adjective from pronounce (v.). Sense of “emphatic” is a figurative meaning first attested c.1730.