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Definition of Heighten
1. Verb. Become more extreme. "The tension heightened"
2. Verb. Make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity. "Heightened interest"
Generic synonyms: Increase
3. Verb. Increase. "Heighten the tension"
Exact synonyms: Enhance, Raise
Generic synonyms: Compound, Deepen, Intensify
Specialized synonyms: Potentiate
Derivative terms: Enhancive
Generic synonyms: Compound, Deepen, Intensify
Specialized synonyms: Potentiate
Derivative terms: Enhancive
4. Verb. Increase the height of. "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
5. Verb. Make (one's senses) more acute. "This drug will sharpen your vision"
Exact synonyms: Sharpen
Generic synonyms: Compound, Deepen, Intensify
Specialized synonyms: Subtilise, Subtilize
Generic synonyms: Compound, Deepen, Intensify
Specialized synonyms: Subtilise, Subtilize
6. Verb. Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. "This event only deepened my convictions"
Exact synonyms: Compound, Deepen, Intensify
Generic synonyms: Increase
Causes: Deepen, Intensify
Specialized synonyms: Heat Up, Hot Up, Screw Up, Fan, Enhance, Raise, Amplify, Sharpen, Sharpen
Derivative terms: Intensification, Intensifier, Intensity
Generic synonyms: Increase
Causes: Deepen, Intensify
Specialized synonyms: Heat Up, Hot Up, Screw Up, Fan, Enhance, Raise, Amplify, Sharpen, Sharpen
Derivative terms: Intensification, Intensifier, Intensity
Definition of Heighten
1. v. t. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
Definition of Heighten
1. Verb. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. ¹
2. Verb. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heighten
1. to raise [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: raise