Overview of verb heighten

The verb heighten has 6 senses

• heighten, rise -- (become more extreme; "The tension heightened")


• heighten -- (make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest")


• enhance, heighten, raise -- (increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension")


• heighten -- (increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars")


• sharpen, heighten -- (make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision")


• intensify, compound, heighten, deepen -- (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")

Overview of adj heightening

The adj heightening has 1 sense

• heightening -- (reaching a higher intensity; "their heightening fears")