lighten up

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verb

1. make lighter or brighter
- The paint will brighten the room
• Syn:
brighten, lighten
• Ant:
darken (for: brighten)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. become more cheerful
- after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit
• Syn:
lighten, buoy up
• Hypernyms:
cheer, cheer up, chirk up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. make more cheerful
- the conversation lightened me up a bit
• Syn:
lighten, buoy up
• Ant:
weigh down (for: lighten)
• Hypernyms:
cheer
• Cause:
lighten, buoy up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
4. become lighter
- The room lightened up
• Syn:
lighten
• Ant:
darken (for: lighten)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
irradiate, light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s