heighten

Meanings

• become more extreme
  • "The tension heightened"
• make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
  • "heightened interest"
• increase
  • "heighten the tension"
• increase the height of
  • "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
• make (one's senses) more acute
• make more intense, stronger, or more marked; ,
  • "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"

Synonyms

compound, deepen, enhance, intensify, raise, rise, sharpen