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Synonyms for heighten
ˈhaɪt nheight·en
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heighten, riseverb
become more extreme
"The tension heightened"
Synonyms:
rise, rebel, rise up, sharpen, grow, get up, prove, spring up, lift, come up, surface, climb, arise, develop, resurrect, go up, intensify, rear, turn out, move up, originate, climb up, compound, ascend, wax, stand up, uprise, raise, jump, enhance, deepen, mountheightenverb
make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
"heightened interest"
Synonyms:
sharpen, rise, compound, raise, intensify, deepen, enhanceenhance, heighten, raiseverb
increase
"This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
Synonyms:
compound, farm, rise, arouse, put forward, leaven, deepen, upgrade, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, enkindle, sharpen, put up, stir, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, fire, intensify, grow, bring up, invoke, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, prove, erect, raise, call down, get up, produce, call forth, kindle, set up, evoke, rear, parent, enhanceheightenverb
increase the height of
"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
Synonyms:
sharpen, rise, compound, raise, intensify, deepen, enhancesharpen, heightenverb
make (one's senses) more acute
"This drug will sharpen your vision"
Synonyms:
taper, enhance, compound, rise, focalise, point, sharpen, raise, focalize, focus, intensify, deepenintensify, compound, heighten, deepenverb
make more intense, stronger, or more marked
"The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
Synonyms:
change, sharpen, enhance, escalate, compound, rise, step up, raise, combine, intensify, deepen
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "heighten":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#347 | change | |
#438 | point | |
#696 | color | |
#960 | fire | |
#985 | increase | |
#1230 | focus | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1653 | surface | |
#1717 | farm | |
#1771 | parent | |
#1837 | advance | |
#1861 | jump | |
#2088 | upgrade | |
#2206 | mount | |
#2273 | produce | |
#2406 | promote | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2923 | grow | |
#3398 | rear | |
#3400 | enhance | |
#3551 | raise | |
#4340 | prove | |
#4499 | lift | |
#5038 | combine | |
#6470 | compound | |
#7087 | arise | |
#8420 | rebel | |
#8474 | wax | |
#9251 | climb | |
#9288 | levy | |
#10284 | stir | |
#10928 | recruit | |
#16053 | invoke | |
#17242 | erect | |
#21569 | originate | |
#22446 | nurture | |
#22615 | taper | |
#26007 | augment | |
#26899 | provoke | |
#29346 | deepen | |
#29479 | elicit | |
#29834 | evoke | |
#29876 | elevate | |
#29929 | ascend | |
#29947 | magnify | |
#30449 | sharpen | |
#31764 | intensify | |
#36507 | amplify | |
#37645 | escalate | |
#43132 | arouse | |
#43704 | conjure | |
#44647 | exacerbate | |
#46777 | heighten | |
#52027 | exaggerate | |
#53917 | resurrect | |
#55038 | aggravate | |
#68369 | exalt | |
#71611 | kindle | |
#84296 | leaven | |
#207890 | uprise |
How to use heighten in a sentence?
There is only one winner for sure: that is the AfD party, and that will heighten the pressure on Merkel to stem the refugee flow she herself has invited into the country.
Election stress becomes exacerbated by arguments, stories, images and video on social media that can heighten concern and frustration, particularly with thousands of comments that can range from factual to hostile or even inflammatory.
When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.
Thirty grams was enough to make blood levels of erythritol go up a thousandfold, it remained elevated above the threshold necessary to trigger and heighten clotting risk for the following two to three days.
Given the heighten( sic) sensitivity to racism in our country today, they are particularly concerning and divisive when made by elected officials, we are, and should be, held to higher standards in our thinking and actions. I can assure the citizens of Luray this type of thinking is not indicative of the Town Council Members or Staff.
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- aixecarCatalan, Valencian
- korottaa, korostaaFinnish
- opsmukken, aandikken, op, verhogenDutch
- повысить, повышать, повыситься, повышатьсяRussian
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