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verb
- 1. make or become more intense: "the pleasure was heightened by the sense of guilt that accompanied it" Similar Opposite
- 2. make (something) higher: "the stage will be extended, heightening the grid by 3.4 metres" Similar Opposite
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HEIGHTEN definition: 1. to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect: 2. to increase or make…. Learn more.
The meaning of HEIGHTEN is to increase the amount or degree of : augment. How to use heighten in a sentence.
HEIGHTEN meaning: 1. to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect: 2. to increase or make…. Learn more.
Definition of 'heighten' heighten. (haɪtən ) Word forms: heightens , heightening , 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. [VERB noun] These latest murders have heightened fears of further attacks. [VERB noun]
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.
Definition of heighten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2. to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten one's awareness. 3. to increase the height of; make higher. 4. to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing. v.i. 5. to increase: The tension heightened. 6. to become brighter or more intense. [1515–25] height′en•er, n. syn: See elevate.