Heighten
Heighten verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.
Perfect and heighten are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perfect" instead a verb "Heighten".
Nearby Words: height, heightening
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Played with to heighten the absurdity of historical cliches — most notably during the 'Savage Stone Age' segments, in which the performers routinely switch from subliterate grunts to perfect English without missing a beat.
Source: Series / Horrible Histories
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Perfect and Heighten. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heighten/perfect
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