heightened

heighten /'haitn/
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm cao lên, làm cao hơn, nâng cao
    • tăng thêm, tăng cường
      • to heighten someone's anger: tăng thêm sự giận dữ của ai
    • làm tôn lên, làm nổi lên (màu sắc câu chuyện...)
    • nội động từ
      • cao lên
      • tăng lên

    Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): height, heights, heighten, heightened

    Xem thêm: rise, enhance, raise, sharpen, intensify, compound, deepen



    heightened

    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • become more extreme; rise

      The tension heightened

    • make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

      heightened interest

    • increase; enhance, raise

      This will enhance your enjoyment

      heighten the tension

    • increase the height of

      The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars

    • make (one's senses) more acute; sharpen

      This drug will sharpen your vision

    • make more intense, stronger, or more marked; intensify, compound, deepen

      The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her

      Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness

      This event only deepened my convictions

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    heightens|heightened|heightening
    ant.: lower