Verb

• S: (v) heighten, rise (become more extreme) "The tension heightened"
• S: (v) heighten (make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity) "heightened interest"
• S: (v) enhance, heighten, raise (increase) "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
• S: (v) heighten (increase the height of) "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
• S: (v) sharpen, heighten (make (one's senses) more acute) "This drug will sharpen your vision"
• S: (v) intensify, compound, heighten, deepen (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"