lighten

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verb

1. make more cheerful (Freq. 1)
- the conversation lightened me up a bit
• Syn:
lighten up, buoy up
• Ant:
weigh down
• Hypernyms:
cheer
• Cause:
lighten up, buoy up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. reduce the weight on;
make lighter
- she lightened the load on the tired donkey
• Hypernyms:
unburden, disburden
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make lighter or brighter
- The paint will brighten the room
• Syn:
brighten, lighten up
• Ant:
darken (for: brighten)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. become more cheerful
- after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit
• Syn:
lighten up, buoy up
• Hypernyms:
cheer, cheer up, chirk up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. become lighter
- The room lightened up
• Syn:
lighten up
• Ant:
darken
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
irradiate, light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
6. alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
- relieve the pressure and the stress
- lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents
• Syn:
relieve
• Hypernyms:
mitigate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  relieve, lighten up, brighten, buoy up
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  darken, weigh down, weigh on