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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to make something more lively, interesting, entertaining, or enjoyable;

e.g. Playing music in the background will certainly enliven the atmosphere at the party.

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Similar Words

Amp

Animate

Brace

Buoy

Energize

Fillip

Fire

Invigorate

Jump-start

Leaven

Liven

Quicken

Reawake

Restimulate

Restrengthen

Spike

Stimulate

Vitalize

Vivify

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Opposite Words

Bore

Burden

Castrate

Check

Chill

Curb

Damp

Dash

Daunt

Debilitate

Deflate

Dehydrate

Deject

Demoralize

Depress

Desiccate

Discourage

Dishearten

Dismay

Dispirit

Drain

Enervate

Enfeeble

Exhaust

Fag

Fatigue

Frustrate

Harass

Inhibit

Jade

Oppress

Quell

Quench

Repress

Restrain

Sadden

Sap

Slow

Still

Stunt

Suppress

Tire

Undermine

Unman

Unnerve

Weaken

Wear

Weary

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Related Words

Abet

Accentuate

Activate

Actuate

Amp

Amplify

Arouse

Awake

Awaken

Boost

Brew

Buoy

Charge

Chirk

Consolidate

Deepen

Drive

Electrify

Embolden

Emphasize

Encourage

Endue

Enflame

Enhance

Enkindle

Excite

Ferment

Foment

Fortify

Galvanize

Hearten

Heighten

Imbue

Impel

Incite

Inculcate

Indue

Inflame

Infuse

Ingrain

Inoculate

Inspire

Inspirit

Instigate

Intensify

Invest

Italicize

Kindle

Lift

Magnify

Motivate

Motive

Move

Pick

Propel

Provoke

Raise

Rally

Reactivate

Reanimate

Reawake

Reawaken

Recharge

Recreate

Redouble

Reenergize

Refresh

Refreshen

Regenerate

Reinvigorate

Rejuvenate

Rekindle

Renew

Restimulate

Resurrect

Resuscitate

Revitalize

Revive

Rouse

Spark

Steel

Steep

Step-up

Stir

Strengthen

Stress

Suffuse

Trigger

Underline

Underscore

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