About The Word Heighten

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Heighten

Heighten Meaning & Definition
Heighten Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Heighten?

[v] make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
[v] increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
[v] make more acute; as of one's senses; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
[v] make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
[v] become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
[v] increase the height of

Synonyms | Synonyms for Heighten: compound | deepen | intensify | rise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Heighten: accelerate | add to | agent provocateur | aggrandize | aggravate | amplify | annoy | augment | beef up | better | blow up | boost | build | build up | buoy up | cast up | complicate | compound | concentrate | condense | consolidate | deepen | deteriorate | double | elevate | embitter | enhance | enlarge | erect | escalate | exacerbate | exaggerate | exasperate | expand | extend | heat up | heave | heft | heist | hike | hoick | hoist | hold up | hop up | hot up | improve | increase | intensify | irritate | jazz up | jerk up | key up | knock up | levitate | lift | lift up | lob | loft | magnify | make acute | make complex | make worse | mount | multiply | perk up | provoke | raise | raise up | ramify | rear | rear up | redouble | reinforce | rise | rouse | set up | sharpen | sky | soup up | sour | step up | stick up | strengthen | supplement | throw up | triple | up | upbuoy | upcast | upheave | uphoist | uphold | uplift | upraise | uprear | upsurge | upthrow | wax | whet | worsen

See Also | amplify | bring up | elevate | enhance | fan | get up | heat up | heighten | hot up | increase | lift | potentiate | raise | raise | screw up | sharpen | subtilise | subtilize

Heighten In Webster's Dictionary

\Height"en\ (h[imac]t"'n), v. t. [Written also {highten}.] [imp. & p. p. {Heightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heightening}.] 1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. 2. 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. ``To heighten our confusion.'' --Addison. An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. --Hawthorne.

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