lighten up

Speech parts

1. lighten up - Verb

2. lighten up - Phrase

Meaning

make more cheerful through the use of color

become more cheerful

make more cheerful

become lighter

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lighten brighten buoy up chill out rest moderate ease calm compose relieve relax cheer soften chill settle down
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Antonyms

increase worry fret darken agitate blacken
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Hypernyms

change alter modify cheer cheer up chirk up

Hyponyms

light illuminate irradiate illume illumine light up

Related terms

enlighten light up

Examples

I think there comes a point where you have to grow up and get over yourself, lighten up...and forgive. Jennifer Aniston

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

Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it. Allen Klein

When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it. Allen Klein

... when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free. To hold on is to be serious and uptight. To let go is to lighten up. Richard Carlson

Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been people. George Will

Words in the phrase

lighten up

Close letter words and terms

lighted up lighten lighten the load on lightener lightening lightening conductor