She tried to allay their fears but only ended up heightening them.
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Heightening
Synonyms for "heightening" (98 found)
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condensationconsolidationcontentiousnesscumulativedeepeningdeliberate aggravationdeteriorationdilatationdilationembitteringembittermentenhancementenlargementexacerbationexaggeratingexaggerationexasperationexcessexorbitanceexpansion
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Noun(5 words)
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Noun(11 words)
growthincreaseincreasingintensificationintensifyintensifyingintensifying adverb examplesraiseshoalingstrengthentoughening
heating-uphucksteringhyperbolehyperbolismincreaseinflationinformation explosioninordinacyintensificationirritationmagnificationoveremphasisoverestimationoverkilloverstatementpickuppopulation explosionprodigalityprofusenessprovocation
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9 entriesamplificationescalationgradable adjectivegrowthincreaseintensificationperceptual modulationrhetorical devicesemantic technique
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15 entriesamplificationamplifying attentionamplifying effectdramatic heighteningemotional heighteningescalating focusescalating surveillanceescalationintensificationintensifying awarenessintensifying exposureintensifying stimuluslexical heighteningstricter regulationstightened controls
Collocations
9 entriesheightening awarenessheightening contrastheightening effectheightening intensityheightening interestheightening riskheightening scrutinyheightening stakesheightening tension
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
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And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
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She adds another 48 countries are seriously exposed, heightening the threat of a global debt crisis.
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For them, there was "an increase in total lymphocyte production, and a higher IG antibody response," among other heightenings.
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