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heighten::verb | Spocien Dictionary

heighten

/'haɪtən/

make (one's senses) more acute

Type	Words
Synonyms	sharpen
Type of	intensify, deepen, compound
Has types	subtilise, subtilize

heighten::verb | Spocien Dictionary

heighten

/'haɪtən/

make more intense, stronger, or more marked

Type	Words
Synonyms	compound, deepen, intensify
Type of	increase
Has types	amplify, enhance, fan, heat up, hot up, raise, screw up, sharpen

Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness.

heighten::verb | Spocien Dictionary

heighten

/'haɪtən/

become more extreme

Type	Words
Synonyms	rise
Type of	increase

The tension heightened.

heighten::verb | Spocien Dictionary

heighten

/'haɪtən/

increase

Type	Words
Synonyms	enhance, raise
Type of	intensify, deepen, compound
Has types	potentiate

heighten the tension.

heighten::verb | Spocien Dictionary

heighten

/'haɪtən/

increase the height of

Type	Words
Type of	lift, elevate, bring up, raise, get up

The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars.

heighten::verb | Spocien Dictionary

heighten

/'haɪtən/

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

Type	Words
Type of	increase

heightened interest.