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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.

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

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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