heighten
1. [ verb ] increase
Synonyms: enhance raise
Examples:

"This will enhance your enjoyment" "heighten the tension"

Related terms: intensify potentiate
2. [ verb ] become more extreme
Synonyms: rise
Examples:

"The tension heightened"

Related terms: increase rise
3. [ verb ] make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
Examples:

"heightened interest"

Related terms: increase
4. [ verb ] make more acute; as of one's senses
Synonyms: sharpen
Examples:

"This drug will sharpen your vision"

Related terms: intensify subtilize
5. [ verb ] increase the height of
Examples:

"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

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"

Related terms: increase enhance fan sharpen heat_up sharpen amplify intensifier intensify
Similar spelling:   heightening