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Heightened is the past tense and past participle of heighten, which means to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect. Learn how to use this word in sentences with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
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Learn the meaning and usage of the verb heighten, which means to increase, make brighter, or raise high. See synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related entries from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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verb [ I or T ] uk / ˈhaɪ.t ə n / us / ˈhaɪ.t̬ ə n /. to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect: The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Increasing and intensifying. accretion. accumulate.
Learn the meaning and usage of the verb heighten, which means to make or become higher, greater, stronger, or more intense. Find synonyms, related words, and examples of heighten in sentences from various sources.
to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten the plot of a story; to heighten one's awareness or appreciation; to heighten one's suffering. to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing: to heighten a picture with Chinese white.
verb. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity. “ heightened interest” see more. verb. increase. “ heighten the tension” synonyms: enhance, raise. see more. verb. become more extreme. “The tension heightened ” synonyms: rise. see more. verb. increase the height of. “The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars”
