heighten 音标拼音: [h'ɑɪtən]
vt . 增高,提高,加强
vi . 变大
增高,提高,加强变大
heighten v 1 :
become more extreme ; "
The tension heightened " [
synonym :
{
heighten }, {
rise }]
2 :
make more extreme ;
raise in quantity ,
degree ,
or intensity ;
"
heightened interest "
3 :
increase ; "
This will enhance your enjoyment "; "
heighten the tension " [
synonym : {
enhance }, {
heighten }, {
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 " [
synonym : {
sharpen }, {
heighten }]
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 " [
synonym : {
intensify },
{
compound }, {
heighten }, {
deepen }]
Heighten \
Height "
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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 ]
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "
heighten ":
accelerate ,
add to ,
agent provocateur ,
aggrandize ,
aggravate ,
amplify ,
annoy ,
augment ,
beef up ,
better ,
blow up ,
boost ,
build ,
build up ,
buoy up ,
cast up ,
complicate ,
compound ,
concentrate ,
condense ,
consolidate ,
deepen ,
deteriorate ,
double ,
elevate ,
embitter ,
enhance ,
enlarge ,
erect ,
escalate ,
exacerbate ,
exaggerate ,
exasperate ,
expand ,
extend ,
heat up ,
heave ,
heft ,
heist ,
hike ,
hoick ,
hoist ,
hold up ,
hop up ,
hot up ,
improve ,
increase ,
intensify ,
irritate ,
jazz up ,
jerk up ,
key up ,
knock up ,
levitate ,
lift ,
lift up ,
lob ,
loft ,
magnify ,
make acute ,
make complex ,
make worse ,
mount ,
multiply ,
perk up ,
provoke ,
raise ,
raise up ,
ramify ,
rear ,
rear up ,
redouble ,
reinforce ,
rise ,
rouse ,
set up ,
sharpen ,
sky ,
soup up ,
sour ,
step up ,
stick up ,
strengthen ,
supplement ,
throw up ,
triple ,
up ,
upbuoy ,
upcast ,
upheave ,
uphoist ,
uphold ,
uplift ,
upraise ,
uprear ,
upsurge ,
upthrow ,
wax ,
whet ,
worsen
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