Acute accent (5)
I believe the answer is:
grave
I believe this is a double definition.
'acute' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'accent' is the second definition.
(I know that grave is a type of accent)
(Other definitions for grave that I've seen before include "Grim-faced" , "Serious in cemetery?" , "Last resting place" , "Burial place is serious" , "In which to lay a corpse" .)