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Heightened is the past tense and past participle of heighten, which means to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect. Learn how to use this word in sentences with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Learn the meaning and usage of the verb heighten, which means to increase, make brighter, or raise high. See synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related entries from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Find 114 words that mean the same or the opposite of heightened, a word that can be an adjective or a verb. Learn the definitions, examples, and usage of heightened in different contexts.
heighten. verb [ I or T ] uk / ˈhaɪ.t ə n / us / ˈhaɪ.t̬ ə n /. to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect: The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Increasing and intensifying. accretion.
Learn the meaning of heighten, a verb that means to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect. See how to use heighten in sentences and compare it with irony.
Other forms: heightened; heightening; heightens. When you heighten something, you increase it or make it more intense. If you want to heighten awareness about homelessness, you might write an article for your local newspaper.
to increase the height of; make higher. to increase the degree or amount of; augment: Cézanne's death heightened the value of his paintings. to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten the plot of a story; to heighten one's awareness or appreciation; to heighten one's suffering.
