Meaning & Definition of Heighten in English

1. Become more extreme

• "The tension heightened"

2. Make more extreme

• Raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

• "Heightened interest"

3. Increase

• "This will enhance your enjoyment"

• "Heighten the tension"

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"

6. 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"