heightening

Pluralheightenings

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of making something stronger, greater, or more intense.

   Like turning up the volume until a sound gets louder and louder.

   The heightening of fear in the crowd made people start to push toward the doors.

   There was a slow heightening of excitement as the game went on.

   Similarintensification, escalation, increase, rise, amplification

   Oppositereduction, lessening, easing, decrease

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of heighten. Use this -ing form when the action is happening now.

   The music is heightening the tension in the final scene.

   Bright lights are heightening her sense of unease.

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