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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very happy |
| Synonyms: | animate, boost, buoy, cheer, commove, delight, elate, enliven, exalt, excite, gladden, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, juice*, lift, pep up, perk up, pick up, put zip into, quicken, rejoice, send, snap up, stimulate, thrill, turn on, uplift, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | agitate, depress, discourage, sadden, upset, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elevate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise spirits |
| Synonyms: | animate, boost, brighten, bring up, buoy up, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, glorify, hearten, inspire, lift up, perk up, refine, rouse, sublimate, uplift |
| Antonyms: | depress, disgrace, distress, lower, shame, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | embolden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage |
| Synonyms: | boost, buoy, cheer, energize, enhearten, exhilarate, give courage, give pep talk, goad, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, psyche up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, revitalize, spur, stir, sway |
| Main Entry: | encourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate spiritually |
| Synonyms: | animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, inspirit, instigate, praise, prick, prop up, psych up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway |
| Antonyms: | dampen, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dispirit, dissuade, uninspire |
| Main Entry: | enliven |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, vitalize |
| Synonyms: | animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, fire up, galvanize, give a lift, give life to, gladden, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, pep up, perk up, pick up, put pep into, quicken, recreate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, snap out of it, spark, spice, spice up, stimulate, vivificate, vivify, wake up, work up, zap |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire |
| Main Entry: | inspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, animate, arouse, be responsible for, carry, cause, commove, elate, embolden, endue, enkindle, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, fire up, galvanize, get*, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, inflame, influence, inform, infuse, inspirit, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, start off, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invigorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, brace, buck up, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, harden, inspirit, liven up, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rally, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, rouse, snap up, stir, strengthen, trigger, turn on, vitalize, vivify, zap |
| Antonyms: | bore, depress, dishearten, dull, enervate |
| Main Entry: | pep up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invigorate, inspire |
| Synonyms: | animate, enliven, exhilarate, jazz up, quicken, stimulate, vitalize, vivify |
| Antonyms: | discourage, tire, wear |
| Main Entry: | refresh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make like new; give new life |
| Synonyms: | brace, breathe new life into, bring around, brush up, cheer, cool, enliven, exhilarate, freshen, inspirit, jog, modernize, prod, prompt, quicken, reanimate, recreate, regain, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renovate, repair, replenish, restore, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, revivify, stimulate, update, vivify |
| Antonyms: | damage, ruin |
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