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English verb: lighten | |||
| 1. | lighten (emotion) make more cheerful | ||
| Samples | The conversation lightened me up a bit. | ||
| Synonyms | buoy up, lighten up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheer | ||
| Cause | buoy up, lighten, lighten up | ||
| Antonyms | weigh down, weigh on | ||
| 2. | lighten (contact) reduce the weight on; make lighter | ||
| Samples | She lightened the load on the tired donkey. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disburden, unburden | ||
| 3. | lighten (communication) become more cheerful | ||
| Samples | After a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit. | ||
| Synonyms | buoy up, lighten up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheer, cheer up, chirk up | ||
| 4. | lighten (change) make lighter or brighter | ||
| Samples | The paint will brighten the room. | ||
| Synonyms | brighten, lighten up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Antonyms | darken | ||
| 5. | lighten (change) become lighter | ||
| Samples | The room lightened up. | ||
| Synonyms | lighten up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light, light up | ||
| Antonyms | darken | ||
| 6. | lighten (change) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | ||
| Samples | Relieve the pressure and the stress. Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents. | ||
| Synonyms | relieve | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mitigate | ||
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