What is another word for heighten?
Pronunciation:
[ hˈa͡ɪtən], [ hˈaɪtən], [ h_ˈaɪ_t_ə_n]
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Similar words for heighten:
- add insult to injury (verb)
- aggrandize (verb)
- aggravate (verb)
- amplify (verb)
- augment (verb)
- become (verb)
- build up (verb)
- change (verb)
- compound (verb)
- crown (verb)
- deepen (verb)
- develop (verb)
- elevate (verb)
- embroider (verb)
- endow (verb)
- enlarge (verb)
- erect (verb)
- exacerbate (verb)
- exaggerate (verb)
- expand (verb)
- extend (verb)
- fire (verb)
- grow (verb)
- heighten (verb)
- hyperbolize (verb)
- increase (verb)
- intensify (verb)
- magnify (verb)
- multiply (verb)
- overstate (verb)
- raise (verb)
- redouble (verb)
- rise (verb)
- rouse (verb)
- strengthen (verb)
- swell (verb)
- upraise (verb)
- uprear (verb)
- wax (verb)
- aggravate
- build up
- deepen
- elevate
- exaggerate
- expand
- extend
- increase
- intensify
- lift up
- strengthen
- wax
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Heighten:
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v.
• add insult to injury- adds fuel the fire ,
- adds fuel to the fire ,
- rub salt the wound ,
- rubbed salt in the wound ,
- rubbed salt the wound ,
- rubbing salt in the wound ,
- rubbing salt the wound ,
- rubs salt in the wound ,
- rubs salt the wound ,
- slap face ,
- slapped face ,
- slapped in face ,
- slapped in the face ,
- slapped the face ,
- slapping face ,
- slapping in face ,
- slapping in the face ,
- slapping the face ,
- slaps face ,
- slaps in face ,
- slaps in the face ,
- slaps the face ,
- twist knife ,
- twisted knife ,
- twisted the knife ,
- twisting knife ,
- twisting the knife ,
- twists knife ,
- twists the knife .
- am appropriate ,
- are appropriate ,
- art appropriate ,
- be came ,
- be come ,
- be comes ,
- be-came ,
- be-come ,
- be-comes ,
- be-coming ,
- being appropriate ,
- belonged to ,
- belongs to ,
- dis play ,
- dis played ,
- dis playing ,
- dis plays ,
- dis-play ,
- dis-played ,
- dis-playing ,
- dis-plays ,
- going with ,
- is appropriate ,
- made handsome ,
- makes handsome ,
- making handsome ,
- sets off ,
- was appropriate ,
- wast appropriate ,
- were appropriate ,
- wert appropriate .
- Coronated ,
- coronates ,
- coronating ,
- de legate ,
- de legates ,
- de-legate ,
- de-legates ,
- in duct ,
- in ducted ,
- in ducting ,
- in ducts ,
- in stall ,
- in stalled ,
- in stalling ,
- in stalls ,
- in vest ,
- in vested ,
- in vests ,
- in-duct ,
- in-ducted ,
- in-ducting ,
- in-ducts ,
- in-stall ,
- in-stalled ,
- in-stalling ,
- in-stalls ,
- in-vest ,
- in-vested ,
- in-vesting ,
- in-vests .
- re fine ,
- re fined ,
- re fines ,
- re-fine ,
- re-fines ,
- re-fining ,
- un fold ,
- un folded ,
- un folding ,
- un folds ,
- un-fold ,
- un-folded ,
- un-folding ,
- un-folds .
- blow upped ,
- blow upping ,
- blow ups ,
- blow-upped ,
- blow-upping ,
- blow-ups ,
- blowupped ,
- blowupping ,
- co loring ,
- co-loring ,
- dis tend ,
- dis tended ,
- dis tending ,
- dis tends ,
- dis-tend ,
- dis-tended ,
- dis-tending ,
- dis-tends ,
- made federal case ,
- made mountain out molehill ,
- made mountain out of molehill ,
- make mountain out molehill ,
- makes federal case ,
- makes mountain out molehill ,
- makes mountain out of molehill ,
- making federal case ,
- making mountain out molehill ,
- making mountain out of molehill ,
- over did ,
- over does ,
- over doing ,
- over done ,
- over elaborate ,
- over elaborated ,
- over elaborates ,
- over elaborating ,
- over embellish ,
- over embellished ,
- over embellishes ,
- over embellishing ,
- over emphasize ,
- over emphasized ,
- over emphasizes ,
- over emphasizing ,
- over estimate ,
- over estimated ,
- over estimates ,
- over estimating ,
- over-did ,
- over-does ,
- over-doing ,
- over-elaborate ,
- over-elaborated ,
- over-elaborates ,
- over-elaborating ,
- over-embellish ,
- over-embellishes ,
- over-embellishing ,
- over-emphasized ,
- over-emphasizes ,
- over-emphasizing ,
- over-estimated ,
- over-estimates ,
- over-estimating ,
- overelaborates ,
- overelaborating ,
- overembellished ,
- overembellishes ,
- overembellishing ,
- spread thick ,
- spreading on thick ,
- spreading thick ,
- spreads on thick ,
- spreads thick ,
- stretch truth ,
- stretched the truth ,
- stretched truth ,
- stretches the truth ,
- stretches truth ,
- stretching the truth ,
- stretching truth .
- be stow ,
- be stowed ,
- be stowing ,
- be stows ,
- be-stow ,
- be-stowed ,
- be-stowing ,
- be-stows ,
- came through with ,
- comes through with ,
- coming through with ,
- end owed ,
- end owing ,
- end-owed ,
- end-owing ,
- makes over ,
- making over ,
- pro vide ,
- pro vided ,
- pro vides ,
- pro viding ,
- pro-vide ,
- pro-vided ,
- pro-vides ,
- pro-viding ,
- settles on ,
- sub scribe ,
- sub scribed ,
- sub scribes ,
- sub scribing ,
- sub-scribed ,
- sub-scribes ,
- sub-scribing ,
- vesting in ,
- vests in .
- gave details ,
- gives details ,
- giving details ,
- grew larger ,
- growing larger ,
- grows larger ,
- jazzed up ,
- jazzes up ,
- jazzing up ,
- makes larger ,
- making larger ,
- slapping on ,
- slaps on ,
- up surge ,
- up surged ,
- up surges ,
- up surging ,
- up-surge ,
- up-surged ,
- up-surges ,
- up-surging .
- cobbled up ,
- cobbles up ,
- cobbling up ,
- fits together ,
- fudged together ,
- fudges together ,
- fudging together ,
- knocked together ,
- knocking together ,
- knocks together ,
- pre fabricate ,
- pre fabricated ,
- pre fabricates ,
- pre fabricating ,
- pre-fabricate ,
- pre-fabricated ,
- pre-fabricates ,
- pre-fabricating ,
- prefabricates ,
- prefabricating ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-duces ,
- ran up ,
- running up ,
- stands up ,
- threw together ,
- throwing together ,
- throws together .
- ex acerbate ,
- ex acerbated ,
- ex acerbates ,
- ex acerbating ,
- ex asperate ,
- ex asperates ,
- ex asperating ,
- ex cite ,
- ex cited ,
- ex cites ,
- ex citing ,
- ex-acerbate ,
- ex-acerbated ,
- ex-acerbates ,
- ex-acerbating ,
- ex-asperate ,
- ex-asperated ,
- ex-asperates ,
- ex-asperating ,
- ex-cite ,
- ex-cited ,
- ex-cites ,
- fan flames ,
- fanned flames ,
- fanned the flames ,
- fanning flames ,
- fanning the flames ,
- fans flames ,
- fans the flames ,
- fed fire ,
- fed the fire ,
- feed fire ,
- feeding fire ,
- feeding the fire ,
- feeds fire ,
- feeds the fire ,
- go from bad worse ,
- goes from bad to worse ,
- goes from bad worse ,
- going from bad to worse ,
- going from bad worse ,
- heating up ,
- hits on ,
- hitting on ,
- push one button ,
- push ones button ,
- pushed button ,
- pushed one button ,
- pushed one's button ,
- pushed ones button ,
- pushes button ,
- pushes one button ,
- pushes one's button ,
- pushes ones button ,
- pushing button ,
- pushing one button ,
- pushing one's button ,
- pushing ones button ,
- rattle cage ,
- rattle one cage ,
- rattle ones cage ,
- rattled cage ,
- rattled one cage ,
- rattled one's cage ,
- rattled ones cage ,
- rattles cage ,
- rattles one cage ,
- rattles one's cage ,
- rattles ones cage ,
- rattling cage ,
- rattling one cage ,
- rattling one's cage ,
- rattling ones cage ,
- rub salt a wound ,
- rub salt wound ,
- rubbed salt a wound ,
- rubbed salt in a wound ,
- rubbed salt in wound ,
- rubbed salt wound ,
- rubbing salt a wound ,
- rubbing salt in a wound ,
- rubbing salt in wound ,
- rubbing salt wound ,
- rubs salt a wound ,
- rubs salt in a wound ,
- rubs salt in wound ,
- rubs salt wound ,
- went from bad to worse ,
- went from bad worse .
- Overdrew ,
- blew out of proportion ,
- blew out proportion ,
- blow out proportion ,
- blowing out of proportion ,
- blowing out proportion ,
- blows out of proportion ,
- blows out proportion ,
- dis tort ,
- dis torts ,
- dis-tort ,
- dis-torts ,
- go extremes ,
- goes extremes ,
- goes to extremes ,
- going extremes ,
- going to extremes ,
- laid it on thick ,
- laid it thick ,
- laid thick ,
- lay it thick ,
- lay thick ,
- laying it thick ,
- laying on thick ,
- laying thick ,
- lays it on thick ,
- lays it thick ,
- lays on thick ,
- lays thick ,
- loud talked ,
- loud talking ,
- loud talks ,
- made too much of ,
- makes too much of ,
- making too much of ,
- mis quote ,
- mis quoted ,
- mis quotes ,
- mis quoting ,
- mis report ,
- mis reported ,
- mis reporting ,
- mis reports ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis-quote ,
- mis-quoted ,
- mis-quotes ,
- mis-quoting ,
- mis-reported ,
- mis-reporting ,
- mis-reports ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- misreports ,
- over draw ,
- over drawing ,
- over drawn ,
- over draws ,
- over drew ,
- over-draw ,
- over-drawing ,
- over-drawn ,
- over-draws ,
- over-drew ,
- overdraws ,
- prettied up ,
- pretties up ,
- prettying up ,
- went extremes ,
- went to extremes .
- bulked up ,
- bulking up ,
- bulks up ,
- de tail ,
- de tailed ,
- de tailing ,
- de tails ,
- de-tail ,
- de-tailed ,
- de-tailing ,
- de-tails ,
- ex plicate ,
- ex plicated ,
- ex plicates ,
- ex plicating ,
- ex-plicate ,
- ex-plicated ,
- ex-plicates ,
- ex-plicating ,
- fanned out ,
- fans out ,
- opens out ,
- out spread ,
- out spreading ,
- out spreads ,
- out-spread ,
- out-spreading ,
- out-spreads ,
- outspreads ,
- pro long ,
- pro longing ,
- pro longs ,
- pro tract ,
- pro tracts ,
- pro-long ,
- pro-longed ,
- pro-longing ,
- pro-longs ,
- pro-tract ,
- pro-tracts ,
- puffs up ,
- stretching out ,
- tacked on ,
- tacking on ,
- tacks on ,
- un furled ,
- un furling ,
- un ravel ,
- un raveled ,
- un raveling ,
- un ravelled ,
- un ravelling ,
- un ravels ,
- un roll ,
- un rolled ,
- un rolling ,
- un rolls ,
- un-furled ,
- un-furling ,
- un-ravel ,
- un-raveled ,
- un-raveling ,
- un-ravelled ,
- un-ravelling ,
- un-ravels ,
- un-roll ,
- un-rolled ,
- un-rolling ,
- un-rolls .
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- ex tend ,
- ex tended ,
- ex tending ,
- ex tends ,
- ex-tend ,
- ex-tended ,
- ex-tending ,
- ex-tends ,
- lets out ,
- letted out ,
- ran on ,
- runs on ,
- span out ,
- spinning out ,
- spins out ,
- stringed out ,
- strings out .
- in cite ,
- in cites ,
- in form ,
- in forming ,
- in forms ,
- in spire ,
- in spired ,
- in spires ,
- in spiring ,
- in spirit ,
- in spirited ,
- in spiriting ,
- in-cite ,
- in-cited ,
- in-forming ,
- in-forms ,
- in-spire ,
- in-spired ,
- in-spires ,
- in-spiring ,
- in-spirit ,
- in-spirited ,
- in-spiriting ,
- in-spirits .
- bursted forth ,
- came be ,
- came to be ,
- come be ,
- comes be ,
- comes to be ,
- coming be ,
- gat bigger ,
- gat taller ,
- gets bigger ,
- gets taller ,
- getting taller ,
- got taller ,
- gotten bigger ,
- gotten taller ,
- popped up ,
- popping up ,
- sprang up ,
- springing up ,
- springs up ,
- sprung up .
- loft .
- blew up out of proportion ,
- blew up out proportion ,
- blow up out proportion ,
- blowing up out of proportion ,
- blowing up out proportion ,
- blows up out of proportion ,
- blows up out proportion ,
- iing .
- accrue ,
- add ,
- advance ,
- broaden ,
- burgeon ,
- fatten ,
- increment ,
- lengthen ,
- maximize ,
- reinforce ,
- upgrade ,
- widen .
- multi plied ,
- multi plying ,
- multi-plied ,
- multi-plying ,
- pro create ,
- pro created ,
- pro creates ,
- pro creating ,
- pro-create ,
- pro-created ,
- pro-creates ,
- pro-creating ,
- re peat ,
- re peats ,
- re-peat ,
- re-peats .
- over state ,
- over stated ,
- over states ,
- over stating ,
- over-state ,
- over-stated ,
- over-states ,
- over-stating .
- congressing ,
- goosed up ,
- gooses up ,
- goosing up ,
- send through roof ,
- sending through roof ,
- sending through the roof ,
- sends through roof ,
- sends through the roof ,
- sent through roof ,
- sent through the roof .
- re double ,
- re doubled ,
- re doubles ,
- re doubling ,
- re trace ,
- re traced ,
- re traces ,
- re tracing ,
- re-double ,
- re-doubled ,
- re-doubles ,
- re-doubling ,
- re-trace ,
- re-traced ,
- re-traces ,
- re-tracing .
- go through roof ,
- goes through roof ,
- goes through the roof ,
- going through roof ,
- moves up ,
- moving up ,
- speeds up ,
- stacks up ,
- went through roof ,
- went through the roof .
- asked for it ,
- asking for it ,
- asks for it ,
- be stir ,
- be stirred ,
- be stirring ,
- be stirs ,
- be-stir ,
- be-stirred ,
- be-stirring ,
- be-stirs ,
- firing up ,
- gat going ,
- gets going ,
- gotten going ,
- in nervate ,
- in nerve ,
- in nerved ,
- in nerves ,
- in nerving ,
- in-nervate ,
- in-nerve ,
- in-nerved ,
- in-nerves ,
- in-nerving ,
- innervated ,
- innervates ,
- innervating ,
- innerves ,
- keying up ,
- keys up ,
- making waves ,
- steams up ,
- wakes up .
- adds fuel fire ,
- adds fuel to fire ,
- makes firm ,
- making firm ,
- re generate ,
- re generated ,
- re generates ,
- re generating ,
- re new ,
- re news ,
- re store ,
- re stored ,
- re stores ,
- re storing ,
- re-generate ,
- re-generated ,
- re-generates ,
- re-generating ,
- re-new ,
- re-news ,
- re-stored ,
- re-stores ,
- re-storing .
- are inflated ,
- art inflated ,
- became bloated ,
- became distended ,
- became swollen ,
- becomes bloated ,
- becomes distended ,
- becomes swollen ,
- becoming bloated ,
- becoming distended ,
- becoming swollen ,
- being inflated ,
- in tensity ,
- in-tensity ,
- intensitied ,
- intensitying ,
- is inflated ,
- rounds out ,
- tumefies ,
- up rise ,
- up risen ,
- up rises ,
- up rising ,
- up rose ,
- up-rise ,
- up-risen ,
- up-rises ,
- up-rose ,
- was inflated ,
- wast inflated ,
- welled up ,
- wells up ,
- were inflated ,
- wert inflated .
Other synonyms:
- go out of ,
- impel ,
- sweep over .
- color .
- come through ,
- come upon ,
- crowd in on ,
- germinate ,
- quicken ,
- seep ,
- wear off .
- engulf ,
- overpower ,
- redouble ,
- run away with .
- run .
- coil ,
- run-through ,
- seize ,
- steal ,
- wash .
- bring out .
Other relevant words:
- Bestirred ,
- Bestirring ,
- Bulked ,
- Bulking ,
- Cubed ,
- Cubing ,
- Evolved ,
- IED ,
- Impassion ,
- Innerve ,
- Innerved ,
- Innerving ,
- Instituting ,
- Manifolded ,
- Manifolding ,
- Massing ,
- Plumped ,
- Pouching ,
- Subsidizing ,
- Tumefied ,
- Tumefying ,
- Uprear ,
- Vegetated ,
- Widened ,
- aggrandize ,
- aggravate ,
- amplify ,
- ask for it ,
- augment ,
- be appropriate ,
- be coming ,
- be inflated ,
- become ,
- become bloated ,
- become distended ,
- become swollen ,
- bellied ,
- bellying ,
- belong to ,
- bestir ,
- bestirs ,
- blistered ,
- blow up ,
- blow up out of proportion ,
- blow-up ,
- boost ,
- branch out ,
- build ,
- build up ,
- burst forth ,
- bursting forth ,
- bursts forth ,
- cobble up ,
- come through with ,
- come to be ,
- coming to be ,
- compound ,
- congressed ,
- coronate ,
- crown ,
- deepen ,
- develop ,
- diffused ,
- diffuses ,
- diffusing ,
- embitter ,
- embroider ,
- endow ,
- enhance ,
- enhanced ,
- enlarge ,
- enriches ,
- enthrone ,
- enthroned ,
- enthrones ,
- enthroning ,
- enthuse ,
- enthuses ,
- enthusing ,
- erect ,
- escalate ,
- exacerbate ,
- exaggerate ,
- extend ,
- fan the flames ,
- feed the fire ,
- fire ,
- fire up ,
- fires up ,
- fit together ,
- fitted together ,
- fitting together ,
- flesh out ,
- fleshed out ,
- fleshing out ,
- flowered ,
- forgather ,
- forgathered ,
- forgathering ,
- forgathers ,
- fruited ,
- fruiting ,
- fudge together ,
- funded ,
- gather ,
- gathering ,
- get bigger ,
- get going ,
- get taller ,
- getting bigger ,
- getting going ,
- give details ,
- glorify ,
- go from bad to worse ,
- go through the roof ,
- go together ,
- go up ,
- go with ,
- goes up ,
- going through the roof ,
- going up ,
- goose up ,
- goosed ,
- gooses ,
- goosing ,
- got bigger ,
- got going ,
- grow ,
- grow larger ,
- growing ,
- harmonize ,
- heat up ,
- heated up ,
- heats up ,
- hike up ,
- hit on ,
- hyped ,
- i ,
- in spirits ,
- increase ,
- inflate ,
- innervate ,
- intensify ,
- intoxicate ,
- intoxicates ,
- jack up ,
- jazz up ,
- jump up ,
- key up ,
- keyed up ,
- knock together ,
- laid on ,
- lay on ,
- laying on ,
- lays on ,
- lied ,
- made larger ,
- made over ,
- magnify ,
- make complex ,
- make federal case ,
- make handsome ,
- make intricate ,
- make larger ,
- make mountain out of molehill ,
- make over ,
- make waves ,
- makes waves ,
- manifolds ,
- mount ,
- mounting ,
- move up ,
- moved up ,
- multiply ,
- over-embellished ,
- over-emphasize ,
- over-estimate ,
- overdo ,
- overelaborate ,
- overelaborated ,
- overembellish ,
- overemphasize ,
- overemphasized ,
- overemphasizes ,
- overemphasizing ,
- overestimate ,
- overestimated ,
- overestimates ,
- overestimating ,
- overstate ,
- pad ,
- piggyback ,
- piggybacking ,
- piggybacks ,
- pile up ,
- piled up ,
- piles up ,
- piling up ,
- plumping ,
- plumps ,
- pop up ,
- pops up ,
- pouched ,
- prefabricate ,
- prefabricated ,
- push one's button ,
- put together ,
- put up ,
- raise ,
- rattle one's cage ,
- ripen ,
- rise ,
- rose ,
- round out ,
- rounded out ,
- rounding out ,
- rouse ,
- rousing ,
- rub salt in a wound ,
- rub salt in the wound ,
- rub salt in wound ,
- run up ,
- runs up ,
- send through the roof ,
- set off ,
- setting off ,
- settle on ,
- settled on ,
- settling on ,
- slap in face ,
- slap in the face ,
- slap on ,
- slap the face ,
- slapped on ,
- soup up ,
- souped up ,
- sped up ,
- speed up ,
- speeded up ,
- speeding up ,
- spread on thick ,
- spring up ,
- stack up ,
- stacked up ,
- stacking up ,
- stand up ,
- standing up ,
- steam up ,
- steamed up ,
- steaming up ,
- stood up ,
- strengthen ,
- stretch ,
- stretch the truth ,
- swell ,
- swelled ,
- tag on ,
- throw together ,
- tumefy ,
- twist the knife ,
- upraise ,
- uprise ,
- upsurged ,
- upsurging ,
- vest in ,
- vested in ,
- wake up ,
- waked up ,
- waking up ,
- wax ,
- well up ,
- welling up ,
- went up ,
- woke up ,
- woken ,
- yeasted ,
- yeasting .
- Caricatured ,
- Caricaturing ,
- Misreport ,
- Overdrawing ,
- Overdrawn ,
- Romanced ,
- Romancing ,
- blow out of proportion ,
- go to extremes ,
- hyperbolize ,
- laid on thick ,
- lay it on thick ,
- lay on thick ,
- laying it on thick ,
- loud talk ,
- make too much of ,
- mis-report ,
- misquote ,
- misquotes ,
- misreported ,
- misreporting ,
- overdraw ,
- pretty up ,
- romance ,
- scammed ,
- scamming .
- bulk up ,
- expand ,
- expanding ,
- fan out ,
- fanning out ,
- open out ,
- opened out ,
- opening out ,
- outspread ,
- outspreading ,
- protract ,
- puff up ,
- puffing up ,
- spread out ,
- spreading out ,
- spreads out ,
- stretch out ,
- stretched out ,
- stretches out ,
- tack on ,
- thicken ,
- thickening ,
- unfurled ,
- unfurls .
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How to use "Heighten" in context?
Heighten is a verb that means to increase the intensity, reach, or magnitude of something. It can refer to increasing the strength, intensity, or volume of something; rising to a higher level; or intensifying the flavors of something. When used as a verb, "heighten" is often followed by an object or action of increase. Heighten can also be used as a noun to refer to something that has been increased in intensity or magnitude.
Paraphrases for Heighten:
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Independent
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Verb, past tense
building, Furthering.
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Verb, base form
accelerate, accentuate, amplify, arouse, augment, bolster, brighten, broaden, build, consolidate, deepen, educate, elevate, emphasise, emphasize, encourage, enhancement, enlarge, enrich, escalate, extend, foment, fortify, foster, fostering, grow, highlight, inflame, inflate, intensify, magnify, maximize, promote, raising, reinvigorate, rise, sensitise, sensitize, sharpen, stimulate, toughen, upgrade, widen, worsen.
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
aggravate, exacerbate, reinforce, stiffen, strengthen, strengthened, tighten, reinforcing.
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Hyponym for Heighten:
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- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.