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pepped up
| Main Entry: |
pep up
 [pep] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invigorate, inspire |
| Synonyms: | animate, enliven, exhilarate, jazz up, quicken, stimulate, vitalize, vivify |
| Antonyms: | discourage, tire, wear |
| 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: | exhilarate |
| 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: | flavor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add seasoning |
| Synonyms: | add zing, add zip, ginger, hot it up, imbue, impart, infuse, lace, leaven, pep up, pepper, salt, season, spice |
| 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: | jazzed-up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | souped up |
| Synonyms: | gassed-up, high geared, high performance, high speed, hopped-up, pepped-up, pumped-up, revved-up, speedy, supercharged |
| Main Entry: | perk up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheer |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, be refreshed, brighten, buck up, cheer up, convalesce, gain, improve, invigorate, liven up, look up, mend, pep up, rally, recover, recuperate, refresh, renew, revive, shake, take heart |
| Antonyms: | depress |
| Main Entry: | rouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate, excite |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, agitate, anger, animate, arouse, ask for it, awaken, bestir, bug*, challenge, craze, deepen, disturb, enhance, enliven, exhilarate, fire up, foment, galvanize, get going, heighten, incite, inflame, innervate, innerve, instigate, intensate, intensify, key up, kindle, magnify, make waves, mount, move, needle, pep up, pique, provoke, quicken, rally, redouble, rile, rise, startle, steam up, stir, trigger, urge, vivify, wake, wake up, waken, whet, whip up, work up |
| Antonyms: | calm, disenchant, dull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wake/waken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, awaken, challenge, enliven, fire, fire up, freshen, galvanize, grasp, jazz up, key up, kindle, notice, pep up, provoke, quicken, rally, renew, rouse, see, steam up, stir up, switch on, understand, whet, zip up |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
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