Definition of heighten

"heighten" in the verb sense

1. heighten, rise

become more extreme

"The tension heightened"

2. heighten

make more extreme raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

"heightened interest"

3. enhance, heighten, raise

increase

"This will enhance your enjoyment"

"heighten the tension"

4. heighten

increase the height of

"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

5. sharpen, heighten

make (one's senses) more acute

"This drug will sharpen your vision"

6. 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"

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Quotations for heighten

The powers of music are felt or known by all men, and are allowed to work strangely upon the mind and the body, the passions and the blood; to raise joy and grief; to give pleasure and pain; to cure diseases, and the mortal sting of the tarantula; to give motions to the feet as well as the heart; to compose disturbed thoughts; to assist and heighten devotion itself. [ Sir W. Temple ]

heighten in Scrabble®

The word heighten is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters heighten:

HEIGHTEN
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heighten in Words With Friends™

The word heighten is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters heighten:

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Words within the letters of heighten

2 letter words in heighten (6 words)

3 letter words in heighten (13 words)

4 letter words in heighten (12 words)

5 letter words in heighten (11 words)

6 letter words in heighten (3 words)

8 letter words in heighten (1 word)

heighten + 1 blank (1 word)

heighten + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence heighten

Words that start with heighten (4 words)

Words with heighten in them (1 word)

Words that end with heighten (1 word)

Word Growth involving heighten

Shorter words in heighten

eight height

he height

en ten

Longer words containing heighten

heightened

heightening

heightens