heighten

Meaning

  1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  2. To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.

Synonyms

intensify
37k
raise
B1
increase
B2

enhance

deepen
42k
strengthen
C2
rise
B1
augment
47k
amplify
29k
lift
B1
enlarge
23k
compound
C1
boost
C1
elevate
22k
rear
B2
sharpen
C2
reinforce
C2
hoist
C2
improve
B2
step up
tower
B1
escalate
23k
exaggerate
C2
exalt
upraise
magnify
31k
wax
C1
accrue
aggrandize
grow
A2
aggravate
34k

become higher

lifting
C1
optimize
overstate
pick up
point
A1
point up
☝️
potentiate
potentiation
proliferate
promote
C1
protrude
signalize
soar
C2
spread
B1
streamline
46k
hoik
transude
underline
38k
Translations

augmenter
élever
aggraver
aumentar
aumentar
intensifier
verergeren
amplifier
erhöhen
aandikken
ophogen
aumentare
aixecar
crescere
augmentar
Frequency

43k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhaɪ̯.tən/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
heightenen
In summary

From Middle English heightenen, hyghtenen, equivalent to height + -en (verbal suffix).

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