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Antonyms for enhanced

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-hans, -hahns
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑns

Definition of enhanced

Origin :
  • late 13c., anhaunsen "to raise, make higher," from Anglo-French enhauncer, probably from Old French enhaucier "make greater, make higher or louder; fatten, foster; raise in esteem," from Vulgar Latin *inaltiare, from Late Latin inaltare "raise, exalt," from altare "make high," from altus "high" (see old).
  • Meaning "raise in station, wealth, or fame" attested in English from c.1300. The -h- in Old French supposedly from influence of Frankish *hoh "high." Related: Enhanced; enhancing.
  • verb improve, embellish
Example sentences :
  • In the silvery moonlight all the fairy, flower-like quality of her was enhanced.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • The grim reality of the one had enhanced the importance of the other.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The sincerity of the religious feeling is enhanced by its simplicity.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • The sense of the meaning and value of human life is enhanced.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • He knew she did not expect to need an enhanced complexion in this obscurity.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Reardon thought he could interpret that, in a way that enhanced her divinity.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Even as a lover, his addresses were heralded by his gold, not enhanced by qualities of his own.
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • Here the colour-resemblance was enhanced by a form-resemblance.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • But as it was, I considered that I enhanced the value of the land by squatting on it.
  • Extract from : « Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience » by Henry David Thoreau
  • The difficulty was enhanced by a belt of timber which screened the works from view.
  • Extract from : « From Fort Henry to Corinth » by Manning Ferguson Force

Synonyms for enhanced

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