Antonyms for heightening
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hahyt-n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪt n |
Definition of heightening
Origin :- mid-15c., heightenen "to exalt, to honor or raise to high position," from height + -en (1). Related: Heightened; heightening.
- verb intensify
- Nothing had happened that he could define, beyond a heightening of his own capacity to see.
- Extract from : « The Letter of the Contract » by Basil King
- I mean in his power of heightening the glory and the terribleness of the human race.
- Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys
- The women, especially, were careful in adorning and heightening their charms.
- Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer
- It is especially serviceable for heightening the crops of potatoes, etc.
- Extract from : « Woman and Socialism » by August Bebel
- She looked at him a moment with heightening color, then she dropped her eyes.
- Extract from : « Young Wallingford » by George Randolph Chester
- Jennette was blushing all over her body, heightening the golden color of it.
- Extract from : « World Without War » by E. G. von Wald
- The Augustan couplet tended to a heightening, dehumanising effect.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Enthusiasms » by E. V. Lucas
- Each desired the heightening of the situations in which they severally appeared.
- Extract from : « A Book of Ghosts » by Sabine Baring-Gould
- Matthew Arnold had said she did not need June for beauty's heightening.
- Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 2 » by Compton Mackenzie
- To the composite, if it be one, history added a heightening touch.
- Extract from : « The Lords of the Ghostland » by Edgar Saltus
Synonyms for heightening
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