Heighten
Heighten verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.
Intensity and heighten are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intensity" instead a verb "Heighten".
Nearby Words: height, heightening
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene - Inverted: a samurai film dominated by quiet scenes but punctuated with the odd gritty action scene that serves mostly to heighten the intensity of those quiet scenes.
Source: Film / The Twilight Samurai
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Intensity and Heighten. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heighten/intensity
Heighten & Intensity. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heighten/intensity>.
Intensity or Heighten. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heighten/intensity.
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