heightened
Use Heightened in a sentence
n verb (used with object)
2.
to increase the degree or amount of; augment: Cézanne's death heightened the value of his paintings.
3.
to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten the plot of a story; to heighten one's awareness or appreciation; to heighten one's suffering.
4.
to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing: to heighten a picture with Chinese white.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become higher.
6.
to increase: The tension heightened as the enemy forces advanced.
7.
to brighten or become more intense.
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heighten (ˈhaɪtən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become high or higher |
| 2. | to make or become more extreme or intense |
| 'heightened | |
| —adj | |
| 'heightener | |
| —n | |
| heighten (ˈhaɪtən) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become high or higher |
| 2. | to make or become more extreme or intense |
| 'heightened | |
| —adj | |
| 'heightener | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Even with heightened security, getting over the border is easy, and thousands of people cross back and forth each day.
Above all, they will need a heightened sense of their roles in society.
Dreams, by contrast, are characterized not only by rapid transitions but by a heightened sense of emotionality and irrationality.
It was not an unpleasant thing for her at all and in fact she came away with a heightened respect for the principle of the school.
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