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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]