intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
(verb) 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”
enhance, heighten, raise
(verb) increase; “This will enhance your enjoyment”; “heighten the tension”
sharpen, heighten
(verb) make (one’s senses) more acute; “This drug will sharpen your vision”
heighten
(verb) make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; “heightened interest”
heighten, rise
(verb) become more extreme; “The tension heightened”
heighten
(verb) increase the height of; “The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
heighten (third-person singular simple present heightens, present participle heightening, simple past and past participle heightened)
To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Height"en (hit"'n), v. t. [Written also highten.] [imp. & p. p. Heightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Heightening.]
1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
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. An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
