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1. lighten
verb. ['ˈlaɪtən'] make more cheerful.
Synonyms
- buoy up
- cheer
Antonyms
- transitivize
- decontaminate
- clean
Etymology
- -en (English)
- -en (Middle English (1100-1500))
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Lighten
- whiten
- triton
- frighten
- criton
- brighton
- brighten
- breighton
- titan
- tighten
- reiten
- reitan
- litan
- knighton
- knighten
- heighten
- guyton
- iten
Sentences with lighten
1. Verb, base form
Mix blue with a small amount of gray and white paint to lighten it.
Quotes about lighten
1. If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.
- Alan Thicke
2. My uncle worked in emergency wards dealing with people who came in with terrible injuries. He talked about the sketch shows they would put on to lighten the atmosphere. You often find this sense of grim humor in hospitals. The injuries people are suffering are ghastly. You have to laugh at something or you'd otherwise cry.
- Honeysuckle Weeks
3. Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
- Allen Klein
2. lighten
verb. ['ˈlaɪtən'] reduce the weight on; make lighter.
Synonyms
- unburden
Antonyms
- sensitize
- demilitarise
Etymology
- -en (English)
- -en (Middle English (1100-1500))
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. lighten
verb. ['ˈlaɪtən'] alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive.
Synonyms
- mitigate
Antonyms
- overcast
- obfuscate
Etymology
- -en (English)
- -en (Middle English (1100-1500))
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. lighten
verb. ['ˈlaɪtən'] become lighter.
Synonyms
- illume
- light up
- illuminate
- irradiate
- change
- light
- illumine
Antonyms
- stay
- deconcentrate
- destabilize
- enable
Etymology
- -en (English)
- -en (Middle English (1100-1500))
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. lighten
verb. ['ˈlaɪtən'] become more cheerful.
Synonyms
- lighten up
- chirk up
- buoy up
- cheer
Antonyms
- demilitarize
- dehydrogenate
- sensitise
- destabilise
Etymology
- -en (English)
- -en (Middle English (1100-1500))
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. lighten
verb. ['ˈlaɪtən'] make lighter or brighter.
Synonyms
- alter
- modify
- change
- brighten
Antonyms
- loosen
- depersonalize
- dissimilate
- increase
Etymology
- -en (English)
- -en (Middle English (1100-1500))
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))