buoyed up

VERB

make light, encourage

Synonyms

WEAK

bolster boost buck up cheer cheer up encourage hearten keep afloat lift prop raise support sustain uphold

Antonyms

WEAK

bring down depress

Example Sentences

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She was buoyed up by him, and by the visit they had just made.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2022

Neapolitan pizza does not need to be buoyed up by legends of Aeneas and his dish-eating crew: It stands on its own merits with a glorious and colorful past.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2022

But she added that she has also been buoyed up by the number of women who had commented or written to her in vast numbers.

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2019

I think she wanted to keep us buoyed up.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2019

The senior Rosen’s nervousness buoyed up his own confidence.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick