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Detailed Synonyms for heighten in English

heighten:

to heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)

  1. to heighten
    – increase 1
    to raise; enhance
    to heighten
    – increase 1
    • heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
      • heighten the tension1
  2. to heighten
    – increase 1
    to raise; to heighten; enhance
    – increase 1
    • raise verb (raises, raised, raising)
    • heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
      • heighten the tension1
    • enhance verb
      • This will enhance your enjoyment1
  3. to heighten
    – increase the height of 1
    to raise; to elevate
    • raise verb (raises, raised, raising)
    • elevate verb (elevates, elevated, elevating)
    to heighten
    – increase the height of 1
    • heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
      • The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars1
  4. to heighten
    – increase the height of 1
    to heighten
    – increase the height of 1
    • heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
      • The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars1
  5. to heighten
    to exaggerate; to blow up; to overdo; to heighten
    • exaggerate verb (exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)
    • blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
    • overdo verb (overdoes, overdid, overdoing)
    • heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
  6. to heighten
    – make more intense, stronger, or more marked 1
    to intensify; to heighten; to deepen; compound
    – make more intense, stronger, or more marked 1
    • intensify verb (intensifies, intensified, intensifying)
      • The efforts were intensified1
      • Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her1
    • heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
      • Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness1
    • deepen verb (deepens, deepened, deepening)
      • This event only deepened my convictions1
    • compound verb
  7. to heighten
    – make (one's senses) more acute 1
    to heighten; to sharpen
    – make (one's senses) more acute 1
    • heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
    • sharpen verb (sharpens, sharpened, sharpening)
      • This drug will sharpen your vision1
  8. to heighten
    – make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity 1
    to heighten
    – make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity 1
    • heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
      • heightened interest1
  9. to heighten
    – become more extreme 1
    to rise; to heighten
    – become more extreme 1
    • rise verb (rises, rose, rising)
    • heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
      • The tension heightened1

Conjugations for heighten:

present
  1. heighten
  2. heighten
  3. heightens
  4. heighten
  5. heighten
  6. heighten
simple past
  1. heightened
  2. heightened
  3. heightened
  4. heightened
  5. heightened
  6. heightened
present perfect
  1. have heightened
  2. have heightened
  3. has heightened
  4. have heightened
  5. have heightened
  6. have heightened
past continuous
  1. was heightening
  2. were heightening
  3. was heightening
  4. were heightening
  5. were heightening
  6. were heightening
future
  1. shall heighten
  2. will heighten
  3. will heighten
  4. shall heighten
  5. will heighten
  6. will heighten
continuous present
  1. am heightening
  2. are heightening
  3. is heightening
  4. are heightening
  5. are heightening
  6. are heightening
subjunctive
  1. be heightened
  2. be heightened
  3. be heightened
  4. be heightened
  5. be heightened
  6. be heightened
diverse
  1. heighten!
  2. let's heighten!
  3. heightened
  4. heightening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "heighten":

  1. make more intense, stronger, or more marked1
    • Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness1
  2. increase1
    • heighten the tension1
  3. make (one's senses) more acute1
  4. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity1
    • heightened interest1
  5. become more extreme1
    • The tension heightened1
  6. increase the height of1
    • The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars1

heighten form of height:

height [the ~] noun

  1. the height
    the height
  2. the height
    the hill; the swell; the height; the rise
  3. the height
    the height; the body height
  4. the height
    – (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot 1
    the height; the stature
    – (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot 1
  5. the height
    – elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface 1
    the height; the altitude
    – elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface 1
    • height [the ~] noun
    • altitude [the ~] noun
      • the altitude gave her a headache1
  6. the height
    – the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top 1
    the height; the tallness
    – the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top 1

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Related Definitions for "height":

  1. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot1
  2. elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface1
  3. the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top1