heightening

1. 1.

   reaching a higher intensity

   “their heightening fears”

   Similarintensifying

Questions about heightening

What does heightening mean?

heightening means "reaching a higher intensity".

How many syllables are in heightening?

heightening has 3 syllables: heigh-te-ning. The stress falls on "heigh". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪtənɪŋ/.

Is heightening a common word?

heightening is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.