| VERB | emotion | lighten up, lighten, buoy up | make more cheerful |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | lighten up, lighten, buoy up | become more cheerful | |
| change | lighten up, brighten, lighten | make lighter or brighter / brighter | |
| change | lighten up, lighten | become lighter |
| Meaning | make more cheerful. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | lighten, buoy up | |
| Cause to | lighten, lighten up, buoy up | Become more cheerful |
| Broader | cheer | show approval or good wishes by shouting |
| Opposite | weigh down, weigh on | Be oppressive or disheartening to |
| Spanish | dar aliento, dar ánimos | |
| Meaning | Become more cheerful. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | lighten, buoy up | |
| Caused by | lighten, lighten up, buoy up | make more cheerful |
| Broader | cheer, cheer up, chirk up | Become cheerful |
| Spanish | flotar | |
| Meaning | make lighter or brighter / brighter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | brighten, lighten | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | darken | make dark or darker |
| Spanish | abrillantar, avivar, clarear, enlustrecer | |
| Catalan | abrillantar, avivar, clarejar, enllustrar | |
| Meaning | Become lighter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | lighten | |
| Narrower | irradiate | cast rays of light upon |
| light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate | make lighter or brighter | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Opposite | darken | Become dark or darker |
| Spanish | iluminarse | |
| Catalan | il·luminar-se | |
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