HEIGHTEN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make more intense, stronger, or more marked
   Synonym(s)
   • compound (what does compound mean?)
   • deepen (what does deepen mean?)
   • intensify (what does intensify mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The efforts were intensified, Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
   • Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness
   • This event only deepened my convictions
   Hypernyms(s) heighten is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • heat up (what does heat up mean?)
   • hot up (what does hot up mean?)
   • screw up (what does screw up mean?)
   • fan (what does fan mean?)
   • enhance (what does enhance mean?)
   • heighten (what does heighten mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • amplify (what does amplify mean?)
   • sharpen (what does sharpen mean?)
   • sharpen (what does sharpen mean?)
   • heighten (what does heighten mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • intensify (what does intensify mean?)
   • deepen (what does deepen mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • intensity (what does intensity mean?)
   • intensiveness (what does intensiveness mean?)
   • intensification (what does intensification mean?)
   • intensifier (what does intensifier mean?)
   • intensive (what does intensive mean?)
2. Meaning
   • increase
   Synonym(s)
   • enhance (what does enhance mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • This will enhance your enjoyment
   • heighten the tension
   Hypernyms(s) heighten is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • intensify (what does intensify mean?)
   • compound (what does compound mean?)
   • heighten (what does heighten mean?)
   • deepen (what does deepen mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • potentiate (what does potentiate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • make (one’’s senses) more acute
   Synonym(s)
   • sharpen (what does sharpen mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • This drug will sharpen your vision
   Hypernyms(s) heighten is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • intensify (what does intensify mean?)
   • compound (what does compound mean?)
   • heighten (what does heighten mean?)
   • deepen (what does deepen mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • subtilize (what does subtilize mean?)
   • subtilise (what does subtilise mean?)
4. Meaning
   • make more extreme
   • raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
   Usage Example(s)
   • heightened interest
   Hypernyms(s) heighten is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
5. Meaning
   • become more extreme
   Synonym(s)
   • rise (what does rise mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The tension heightened
   Hypernyms(s) heighten is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rise (what does rise mean?)
6. Meaning
   • increase the height of
   Usage Example(s)
   • The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars
   Hypernyms(s) heighten is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • elevate (what does elevate mean?)
   • get up (what does get up mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)