intransitive verb. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify.

intransitive verb. To make high or higher; raise.

intransitive verb. To rise or increase in quantity or degree; intensify.

intransitive verb. To become high or higher; rise.

To make higher; increase the vertical elevation of.

To make higher in amount or degree; increase; augment; intensify: as, to heighten an effect.

To make high or higher in feeling or condition; elevate or exalt, as the mind or a person.

Synonyms Lift, Exalt, etc. See raise.

To become higher; increase; augment.

transitive verb. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

transitive verb. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad

verb. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

verb. 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.

verb. make (one's senses) more acute

verb. become more extreme

verb. increase the height of

verb. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

verb. increase

verb. make more intense, stronger, or more marked

"Support for profiling might approach majority levels among both groups should an actual attack or close call heighten fears."

aggravate  intensify  strengthen  

bring up  elevate  getup  increase  lift  

Brighton  Titan  Triton  brighten  enlighten  

adumbration  awayfrom  clenching  cramping  crystallisation  

accelerate  add to  advance  agent provocateur  aggrandize  

heightened  heightening  heightens