Lexic.us

Definition of Lighten up

1. Verb. Make more cheerful. "The conversation lightened me up a bit"

2. Verb. Become more cheerful. "After a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"

3. Verb. Make lighter or brighter. "The paint will brighten the room"

4. Verb. Become lighter. "The room lightened up"

Definition of Lighten up

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lighten Up

lightbars lightboard lightboards lightbox lightboxes lightbulb lightbulbs lightclock lightcone lightcones

lightcurve lightcurves lighted lighten lighten someone's purse lighten up (current term) lightened lightened up lightener lighteners

lightening lightening up lightenings lightens lightens up lighter lighter-than-air lighter-than-air craft lighter fluid lighterage

Literary usage of Lighten up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Spiritualism by John Worth Edmonds, George T. Dexter, Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (1853)
"Now we feel its genial influence; now we walk in the glorious beams which lighten up life and death, and send its rays even into eternity. ..."

2. Modern Painter's Cyclopedia by Frederick Maire (1918)
"Venetian red, lampblack, lighten up to suit with white lead. ... Extra light chrome green just as it comes from the can or lighten up the light chrome green ..."

3. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: With Notes on by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"lighten up ... lighten up, make bright with light, illuminate, as lightning does in the heavens f= ..."

4. Eliza Cook's journal by Eliza Cook (1850)
"... And I'll keep it in my heart, when I'm far away at sea ; It will lighten up my watch, ... It will lighten up my watch, ..."

5. Modern Pigments and Their Vehicles: Their Properties and Uses Considered by Frederick Maire (1907)
"Tuscan red for base; add orange chrome yellow; lamp black; lighten up to suit with ... Medium chrome yellow for base; raw umber; lighten up with white lead. ..."

6. Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1920)
"... able to drink after;2 therefore 'Do ye lighten up the kindled ... they should lighten up, it should be light as it were, they should lie snoring; ..."

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