heightened








verb (used with object)

  1. to increase the height of; make higher.
  2. to increase the degree or amount of; augment: Cézanne’s death heightened the value of his paintings.
  3. to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten the plot of a story; to heighten one’s awareness or appreciation; to heighten one’s suffering.
  4. to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing: to heighten a picture with Chinese white.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become higher.
  2. to increase: The tension heightened as the enemy forces advanced.
  3. to brighten or become more intense.

verb

  1. to make or become high or higher
  2. to make or become more extreme or intense
v.

mid-15c., heightenen “to exalt, to honor or raise to high position,” from height + -en (1). Related: Heightened; heightening.

54 queries 0.569