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verb [ I or T ] uk / ˈhaɪ.t ə n / us / ˈhaɪ.t̬ ə n / to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect: The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Increasing and intensifying. accretion. accumulate. accumulatively. add fuel to the fire idiom. blaze.
Synonyms for HEIGHTENED: increased, elevated, high, raised, up, escalated, extreme, maximum; Antonyms of HEIGHTENED: low, down, decreased, dropped, under, depressed, receded, knockdown.
heighten. verb [ I or T ] uk / ˈhaɪ.t ə n / us / ˈhaɪ.t̬ ə n /. to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect: The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Increasing and intensifying. accretion.
verb. height· en ˈhī-tᵊn. heightened; heightening ˈhīt-niŋ. ˈhī-tᵊn-iŋ. Synonyms of heighten. transitive verb. 1. a. : to increase the amount or degree of : augment. b. : to make brighter or more intense : deepen. c. : to bring out more strongly : point up. d. : to make more acute : sharpen. 2. a. : to raise high or higher : elevate. b.
heighten. /ˈhaɪtn/ /ˈhaɪtɪn/ IPA guide. Other forms: heightened; heightening; heightens. When you heighten something, you increase it or make it more intense. If you want to heighten awareness about homelessness, you might write an article for your local newspaper.
heighten. (haɪtən ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense heightens , present participle heightening , past tense, past participle heightened. verb. If something heightens a feeling or if the feeling heightens, the feeling increases in degree or intensity. The move has heightened tension in the state.
if a feeling or an effect heightens, or something heightens it, it becomes stronger or increases synonym intensify. Tension has heightened after the recent bomb attack. heighten something The campaign is intended to heighten public awareness of the disease.
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to increase the height of; make higher. to increase the degree or amount of; augment: Cézanne's death heightened the value of his paintings. to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten the plot of a story; to heighten one's awareness or appreciation; to heighten one's suffering.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of heighten. Wiktionary. Synonyms: rose. aggravated. deepened. enhanced. intensified. uplifted. elevated. lifted. compounded. amplified. raised. sharpened. emphasized. accented. advanced. adjective. Increased in intensity or concentration; elevated, stepped-up. Wiktionary. Synonyms: elevated. raised. high
