Adjective heightening has 1 sense
- heightening - reaching a higher intensity; "their heightening fears"
Antonym: moderating (indirect, via intensifying)
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Verb heighten has 6 senses
- heighten, rise - become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
--1 is one way to increase
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- heighten - make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
--2 is one way to increase
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- enhance, heighten, raise - increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
--3 is one way to intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
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- heighten - increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
--4 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
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- sharpen, heighten - make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
--5 is one way to intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
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- intensify, compound, heighten, deepen - make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
--6 is one way to increase
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