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Showing words for HEIGHTENING using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Heightening

heightening

8 Letter Words for Heightening

geniting, ghenting, heighten, highting, ingenite, neighing, nighting, tingeing

7 Letter Words for Heightening

gentiin, henting, hething, highing, hinging, hinting, ingenie, ingenit, nighing, nightie, nithing, teening, theeing, tineine, tinging

6 Letter Words for Heightening

eighth, engine, ethine, geeing, gennet, gieing, ginete, ginnet, height, heinie, hethen, heting, hieing, ignite, ingene, ingent, ingine, intine, nigget, teeing, theine, thenne, tining, tinnie

5 Letter Words for Heightening

ehing, eight, eigne, enent, engin, genet, genie, genii, genin, genit, gighe, heigh, henen, henge, hight, hinge, hithe, innet, innit, neigh, night, ninth, tenge, tenne, thegn, thein, thigh, thine, thing, tinge, tingi

4 Letter Words for Heightening

eigh, eine, eten, ethe, geet, gein, geit, gene, gent, ghee, gheg, gien, ging, ginn, gite, gith, heii, heng, hent, hete, heth, high, higi, hine, hing, hint, init, inne, inti, neet, nein, nene, nete, neth, neti, nigh, nine, teen, tegg, tene, teng, thee, then, thig, thin, tien, tige, tine, ting

3 Letter Words for Heightening

eeg, een, egg, ene, eng, eth, gee, gen, get, gie, gig, gin, git, gte, hee, heh, hei, hen, het, hgt, hie, hin, hit, igg, ign, ihi, ing, inn, int, nee, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nit, nne, nth, tee, teg, ten, tgn, the, tie, tig, tin, tng

Definitions for Heightening

[1] to increase the height of; make higher.
[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.
[5] to become higher.
[6] to increase: The tension heightened as the enemy forces advanced.
[7] to brighten or become more intense.
[8] to make or become high or higher
[9] to make or become more extreme or intense

Words related to Heightening

heightenraise, magnify, strengthen, increase, enhance, boost, improve, extend, augment, exalt, enlarge, elevate, lift, amplify

Words nearby Heightening

heightenheigh-ho, height, height of contour, height of land, height-to-paper, heighten, heighth, heightism, heilbronn, heiligenschein, heilong jiang

Origin of Heightening

First recorded in 1515–25; height + -en1

Other words from Heightening

height·en·er , noun
un·height·ened , adjective

Synonyms for Heightening

add to, boost, enhance, improve, increase, magnify, raise, strengthen, amplify, augment, elevate, enlarge, exalt, extend, lift, build up, make higher, send up