to lighten
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3.4
- verb
- /ˈlaɪtən/
:
aligerar
- You really should lighten up and stop reading all those serial killer biographies.
- lighten the mood
But Annihilation is creepy good after that to lighten the mood.
- But Annihilation is creepy good after that to lighten the mood.
- And I always wanted to way to go Bailey, for lightening the mood here.
- They went, Oh, my God, something's got to lighten you up.
- It's a little more comfortable when you're bringing Kanye in to lighten the mood.
- And in order to lighten the situation for them, my grandma decided to turn it into an adventure.
- It just means learning how to lighten up.
- Like, yeah, I needed the to let go and relax and like lighten up and have a good time.
- I think I'm in comedy, but my big issue is that I need to lighten up.
- And he said that after a few hours, he started to see not his dad lighten up.
- You take the jerk aside and tell them lighten up, you are making everyone uncomfortable with your behavior.
- Junior Junior tried to lighten up his speech in Dallas, TX with a joke about Texas and Texans didn't like it.
- Any banter Lord, no, no, I think we really not to lighten it up.
- But all of it, I would even argue rather than pushes you, just lightens you, right.
Examples
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The conversation had turned gloomy, so I tried to lighten it up a bit.
Academic text (2009) -
The lawman tried to lighten Trey's dark mood with an effort at humor.
Fiction book (1997) -
But, but can I lighten this up a little bit?
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Okay, everybody, just lighten up.
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His point was that I needed to lighten things up.
Academic text (2017) -
So let's lighten things up a little bit.
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You need to lighten up, Shadow.
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Would you lighten up and take some risks?
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The look of fright that settled on her face lightened his mood.
Fiction book (1998) -
To lighten the atmosphere, they played cheerful music during the meeting.
Synonyms
392
1.0
To make someone feel happier
234
1.4
To feel happier after being sad or to make someone feel happier
69
4.1
To become or make someone feel more cheerful and relaxed
66
3.9
To make or become more active and interesting
54
1.0
Cause someone to feel happy or amused
27
2.7
To make a place or thing look more cheerful by adding color
23
3.2
To make someone feel happier and more hopeful
17
2.7
Make a room or person more cheerful
16
3.1
Become more lively and cheerful after feeling tired or sad
13
5.5
Make someone feel happier or more confident
12
2.3
To make someone feel happy
8
2.8
To make someone feel happier or more cheerful
8
3.9
To make someone feel happier
6
3.7
Become lively and cheerful because someone is there
6
4.1
Make something more active and interesting
4
3.6
To make something more exciting or interesting
3
4.1
Make someone or something more lively and interesting
3
3.4
Make a room feel happier and more lively
3
3.8
Make a room feel happy and friendly when someone arrives
1
3.9
To make someone feel happier when they are sad
1
2.9
Make a room feel more lively and cheerful
1
8.2
To make something more lively or bright
1
3.4
Help someone feel happier
To make someone feel more cheerful and confident
To make a room feel happier and more lively
To make someone feel happier or more lively
Make someone feel less sad and more cheerful
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How Cheerful
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember lighten for mood is to think of making something 'lighter'—either less heavy or more bright—so to lighten the mood is to make it more cheerful or less serious.