if a feeling or an effect heightens, or sth heightens it, it becomes stronger or increases
SYNINTENSIFY:
[V] Tension has heightened after the recent bomb attack. * [VN] The campaign is intended to heighten public awareness of the disease. * His breakdown was followed by a period of heightened activity. * Fears of further racial conflict were heightened by news of the riots. * The drug is said to give users a heightened sense of well-being.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is heighten a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, heighten is tagged as verb.
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