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Heighten has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

become more extreme

"The tension heightened"

2

make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

"heightened interest"

3

increase

"This will enhance your enjoyment"

"heighten the tension"

4

increase the height of

"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

5

make (one's senses) more acute

"This drug will sharpen your vision"

6

make more intense, stronger, or more marked

"The efforts were intensified"

"Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"

"Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"

"This event only deepened my convictions"

7

To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

Example Sentences
"The tension heightened" verb
"heightened interest" verb
"This will enhance your enjoyment" verb
"heighten the tension" verb
"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" verb
"This drug will sharpen your vision" verb
"The efforts were intensified" verb
"Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her" verb
"Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness" verb
"This event only deepened my convictions" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
increase intensify raise
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
potentiate subtilize heat up fan enhance amplify sharpen
Rhyming Words
ten sten aten osten paten goten atten hiten oaten ayten eaten outen esten eoten cuten often guten laten pecten molten
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