heightened
/ˈhaɪtənd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of heighten
adj
Increased in intensity or concentration; elevated.
Example Sentences
- "Some dealers also took advantage of heightened demand for Harleys to charge more, a move that may have done long-lasting harm. “Dealers were charging more than the suggested manufacturer price and it made Harley look greedy and jeopardized our brand that we spent a long time building,” Mr. Ziemer said."
- "It may sound like science fiction, but heightened solar activity (known as space weather) can affect human technologies not just in space, but also in the air and on the ground."
- "“It occurred to me that we could improve the outcome of the breast examination if we were to specially train others to do it as support staff for doctors,” he says. He decided to focus on training people who were blind; studies that have shown that the brains of blind people can develop a heightened sense of touch."
Inflected Forms
more heightened (comparative)
most heightened (superlative)