All heighten antonyms

verb heighten

• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• lessen — to become less.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.
• worsen — Make or become worse.
• abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
• condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
• curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
• shorten — to make short or shorter.
• condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
• denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
• compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
• demote — If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.