Word

lighten up, v.

become lighter
<verb.change>

lighten lighten up

sample sentences

"The room lightened up"

verb frames

Something ----s

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

antonym

darken

semantic pointers

hypernym

change

hyponym

irradiate light, illuminate, illumine, light up, illume

make more cheerful through the use of color
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

brighten lighten lighten up

sample sentences

"The paint will brighten the room"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

antonym

darken

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

become more cheerful
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buoy up lighten lighten up

sample sentences

"after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

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Somebody ----s

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Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

cheer, cheer up, chirk up

make more cheerful
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buoy up lighten lighten up

sample sentences

"the conversation lightened me up a bit"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

lexical pointers

antonym

weigh down

semantic pointers

hypernym

cheer

cause

buoy up, lighten, lighten up