 heighten |
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| 1. | [ verb ] increase | |
| Synonyms: | enhance raise | |
| Examples: | "This will enhance your enjoyment" "heighten the tension" |
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| Related terms: | intensify potentiate | |
| 2. | [ verb ] become more extreme | |
| Synonyms: | rise | |
| Examples: | "The tension heightened" |
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| Related terms: | increase rise | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity | |
| Examples: | "heightened interest" |
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| Related terms: | increase | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make more acute; as of one's senses | |
| Synonyms: | sharpen | |
| Examples: | "This drug will sharpen your vision" |
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| Related terms: | intensify subtilize | |
| 5. | [ verb ] increase the height of | |
| Examples: | "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" |
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| Related terms: | raise | |
| 6. | [ verb ] make more intense, stronger, or more marked | |
| Synonyms: | compound intensify deepen | |
| Examples: | "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her", "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness" "This event only deepened my convictions" |
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| Related terms: | increase enhance fan sharpen heat_up sharpen amplify intensifier intensify | |
| Similar spelling: |
heightening |
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