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lightenverb1 to become glad or hopefulthe patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment brighten, buck up, cheer (up), look up, perk (up) rejoiceliven (up), revivebeam, glow, radiate, sparkleencourage, gladden, hearten darken, sadden despair, despondbrood, fret, mope to supply with lightthe room was gradually lightened by the rising sun bathe, beacon, emblaze, illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light brightenbeam, beat (down), radiate, shineenhalo, halofloodlighthighlight, spotlightblaze, burn, fire, flame, glare, glow, ignite, incinerate, kindlebedazzle, blind, daze, dazzlegleam, glisten, glitter blacken, darken, obfuscate dim, dull, obscurecover, shroud, veildouse(also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out) v.relieve, alleviate, lighten, assuage, mitigate, allay mean to make something less grievous.relieve implies a lifting of enough of a burden to make it tolerable.took an aspirin to relieve the pain alleviate implies temporary or partial lessening of pain or distress.the lotion alleviated the itching lighten implies reducing a burdensome or depressing weight.good news would lighten our worries assuage implies softening or sweetening what is harsh or disagreeable.ocean breezes assuaged the intense heat mitigate suggests a moderating or countering of the effect of something violent or painful.the need to mitigate barbaric laws allay implies an effective calming or soothing of fears or alarms.allayed their fears in the 14th century |