heightening
Definitions
Verb
- Become more extreme
- Make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
- Increase
- Increase the height of
- Make (one's senses) more acute
- Make more intense, stronger, or more marked; ,
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "heightening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | handling | 2 | 38 |
| 2 | happening | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | haggling | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | huddling | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | hastening | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | highlighting | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | hijacking | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | harboring | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | hindering | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | hustling | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | hampering | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | hankering | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | hartling | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | hassling | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | heberling | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | hectoring | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | heldring | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | hemmerling | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | hessling | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | highflying | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | hobbling | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | hoefling | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | hotaling | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | houghtaling | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | hungering | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | hunkering | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | hurdling | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "heightening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frightening | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | lightning | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | weighing | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | heightened | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | straightening | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | tightening | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | heartening | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | enlightening | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | heighten | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | whitening | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | weighting | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | delighting | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | frighteningly | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | lightening | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | tightenings | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | brightening | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | heightens | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | weightings | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | lightnings | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | benighting | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "heightening" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "heightening" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "heightening" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "heightening".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 27
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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