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HEIGHTENED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of heighten 2. to increase or make something increase…. Learn more.
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.
Synonyms for HEIGHTENED: increased, elevated, high, raised, up, escalated, extreme, maximum; Antonyms of HEIGHTENED: low, down, decreased, dropped, under, depressed, receded, knockdown.
The meaning of HEIGHTEN is to increase the amount or degree of : augment. How to use heighten in a sentence.
heighten. (haɪtən ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense heightens , present participle heightening , past tense, past participle 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.
Other forms: heightened; heightening; heightens. When you heighten something, you increase it or make it more intense. If you want to heighten awareness about homelessness, you might write an article for your local newspaper.
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.
if a feeling or an effect heightens, or something heightens it, it becomes stronger or increases synonym intensify. Tension has heightened after the recent bomb attack. heighten something The campaign is intended to heighten public awareness of the disease.
Synonyms for HEIGHTEN: intensify, enhance, deepen, strengthen, consolidate, reinforce, amplify, accentuate; Antonyms of HEIGHTEN: reduce, decrease, diminish, lessen, moderate, tone (down), abate, weaken.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English height‧en /ˈhaɪtn/ verb [ intransitive, transitive] if something heightens a feeling, effect etc, or if a feeling etc heightens, it becomes stronger or increases SYN intensify, → strengthen There are fears that the march will heighten racial tension.
