Heighten

Word HEIGHTEN
Character 8
Hyphenation height en
Pronunciations /ˈhaɪtən/

Definitions and meanings of "Heighten"

What do we mean by heighten?

To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify. intransitive verb

To make high or higher; raise. intransitive verb

To rise or increase in quantity or degree; intensify. intransitive verb

To become high or higher; rise. intransitive verb

To make higher; increase the vertical elevation of.

To make higher in amount or degree; increase; augment; intensify: as, to heighten an effect.

To make high or higher in feeling or condition; elevate or exalt, as the mind or a person.

Synonyms Lift, Exalt, etc. See raise.

To become higher; increase; augment.

To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. transitive verb

To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad transitive verb

To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. verb

To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint. verb

Make (one's senses) more acute verb

Become more extreme verb

Increase the height of verb

Make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity verb

Increase verb

Make more intense, stronger, or more marked verb

To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.

To either get lit or to measure your height Urban Dictionary

The state of a person after smoking a joint and drinking a warm cup of espresso coffee. One's mind is equal parts relaxed and hyper, allowing for optimal cognitive abilities. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Heighten

  • Antonyms for heighten
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The word "heighten" in example sentences

Support for profiling might approach majority levels among both groups should an actual attack or close call heighten fears. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've been to Fort Benning for the SOA Watch protests and I am unsure how they could "heighten" the security. ❋ Unknown (2009)

GROSS: Did coming of age artistically during the AIDS epidemic just kind of heighten your sense of mortality? ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think the other thing is that if he ` s as disturbed as he seems to be, if he ` s a sociopath, often these guys are highly sexualized, and so they do engage in unusual sexual activities to kind of heighten their excitement in life. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And that has been now a major part of what John Kerry has been saying as he reaches out into the middle, and that is, hey, this man, George Bush, came to Washington to kind of heighten the tone, and he hasn't. ❋ Unknown (2004)

So, that's going to kind of heighten their curiosity, if you will. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The mountains speak to me of my desire to "heighten", to continuously elevate my thoughts and actions to a spiritual peak. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"heighten" the purely dramatic element and to "move that admiration which is the delight of serious plays" and to which "a bare imitation" will not suffice. ❋ Various (N/A)

"heighten," or "escalate" the basic meanings of nouns on the one hand, and verbs and adjectives on the other, by qualifying them with adjectives and adverbs, respectively. ❋ Unknown (1993)

As long as the older generation is still with us, its members tend to dampen the alignment of religion and politics, but as they pass from the scene generational replacement tends to heighten that alignment. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

Although we lack systematic information about exactly what is discussed in these religious networks, it is possible that religious friends are more likely to raise moral issues, principles, and obligations than friends from a nonreligious context and thus to heighten your own attentiveness to such concerns. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

When they do, being embedded within a social network where common opinions are shared on such issues will only heighten their salience. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

Good grief, that would heighten and deepen into a catastrophe beyond the imaginative abilities of many a sci-fi writer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The 2008 financial crisis demonstrated how over-the-counter derivatives – initially developed to help manage and lower risk – can actually concentrate and heighten risk in the economy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Those comments are not helpful at all, and they only serve to inflame and heighten tensions. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In the same way that growing vegetables can help children overcome their dislike of vegetables and heighten observational skills, growing vegetables might also motivate meat-loving middle-aged grownups who don't get enough exercise to change their lifestyles to include exercise and vegetables! ❋ Unknown (2009)

My [Coach] [heighten] me. ❋ Allyy864 (2017)

"Tom was [exhausted] and [stressed] from studying. I guess you could say he got a little Heightened & Enlightened last night to [cope]!" ❋ Reverend Donk Bonkers (2020)

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