heighten

Verb
  1. Become more extreme (synset 200433389)
    "The tension heightened"
    is a type of: increase - make bigger or more
    same as: rise
  2. Make more extreme;
    Raise in quantity, degree, or intensity (synset 200433234)
    "heightened interest"
    is a type of: increase - make bigger or more
  3. Increase (synset 200230031)
    "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
    is a type of: compound, deepen, heighten, intensify - make more intense, stronger, or more marked
    subtypes: potentiate - increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
    same as: enhance, raise
  4. Increase the height of (synset 201979767)
    "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
    is a type of: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise - raise from a lower to a higher position
  5. Make (one's senses) more acute (synset 200393290)
    "This drug will sharpen your vision"
    is a type of: compound, deepen, heighten, intensify - make more intense, stronger, or more marked
    subtypes: subtilise, subtilize - make (senses) more keen
    same as: sharpen
  6. Make more intense, stronger, or more marked (synset 200227591)
    "The efforts were intensified"; "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
    causes: deepen, intensify - become more intense
    is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
    subtypes:
    same as: compound, deepen, intensify

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