Verb lighten has 5 senses
- lighten, buoy up - make more cheerful
--1 is one way to cheer
Antonyms: weigh down, weigh on
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- lighten, buoy up - make more cheerful
--2 is one way to cheer, cheer up, chirk up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- brighten, lighten up, lighten - make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- brighten, lighten - become brighter; "The sky brightened"
--4 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- lighten, lighten up - become lighter; "The room lightened up"
--5 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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