Found 3 items, similar to Heighten.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: heighten
memperamatkan, mempertinggi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: heighten
heighten
v 1: become more extreme;
“The tension heightened” [syn:
rise]
2: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity;
“heightened interest”
3: increase;
“This will enhance your enjoyment”;
“heighten the
tension” [syn:
enhance,
raise]
4: increase the height of;
“The athletes kept jumping over the
steadily heightened bars”
5: make (one's senses) more acute;
“This drug will sharpen your
vision” [syn:
sharpen]
6: 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” [syn:
intensify,
compound,
deepen]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Heighten
Heighten
\Height"en\ (h[imac]t"'n), v. t. [Written also
highten.] [imp. & p. p.
Heightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Heightening.]
1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
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2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to
aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; --
used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to
heighten a flavor or a tint.
“To heighten our
confusion.” --Addison.
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An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to
the miraculous. --Hawthorne.
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