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Quick definitions from WordNet (heighten)
▸ verb: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity ("Heightened interest")
▸ verb: become more extreme ("The tension heightened")
▸ verb: increase the height of ("The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars")
▸ verb: increase ("Heighten the tension")
▸ verb: make (one's senses) more acute
▸ verb: make more intense, stronger, or more marked ("Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness")
▸ Also see heightens
▸ Words similar to heighten
▸ Usage examples for heighten
▸ Words that often appear near heighten
▸ Rhymes of heighten
▸ Invented words related to heighten
▸ verb: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity ("Heightened interest")
▸ verb: become more extreme ("The tension heightened")
▸ verb: increase the height of ("The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars")
▸ verb: increase ("Heighten the tension")
▸ verb: make (one's senses) more acute
▸ verb: make more intense, stronger, or more marked ("Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness")
▸ Also see heightens
▸ Words similar to heighten
▸ Usage examples for heighten
▸ Words that often appear near heighten
▸ Rhymes of heighten
▸ Invented words related to heighten