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Defenition of the word heighten

    • Defenition of the word heighten

      • increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
      • make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
      • increase the height of
      • become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
      • make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her", "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"
      • make more acute; as of one's senses; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
      • 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"
      • make (one''s senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
      • increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
      • make more intense, stronger, or more marked
      • increase
      • make (one's senses) more acute
      • make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
      • become more extreme

    Synonyms for the word heighten

      • add to
      • amplify
      • compound
      • deepen
      • enhance
      • improve
      • increase
      • intensify
      • raise
      • reinforce
      • rise
      • sharpen
      • worsen

    Similar words in the heighten

      • heighten
      • heightened
      • heightening
      • heightens

    Hyponyms for the word heighten

      • amplify
      • enhance
      • fan
      • heat up
      • heighten
      • hot up
      • potentiate
      • raise
      • screw up
      • sharpen
      • subtilise
      • subtilize

    Hypernyms for the word heighten

      • bring up
      • compound
      • deepen
      • elevate
      • get up
      • heighten
      • increase
      • intensify
      • lift
      • raise

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