Antonyms for enlivening

Grammar : Adj

Spell : en-lahy-vuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈlaɪ vən

Definition of enlivening

Origin : 1630s, "give life to" (enlive in same sense is from 1590s); see en- (1) "make, put in" + life + -en (1). Meaning "make lively or cheerful" is from 1690s. Related: Enlivened; enlivening.

adj animating

Example sentences :

Nana meanwhile was enlivening the dancing halls of the neighborhood.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Judge Dooly had a humor that was as illuminating as it was enlivening.
Extract from : « Stories Of Georgia » by Joel Chandler Harris

There were episodes in The School for Husbands that were very clever and enlivening.
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various

The story of the whippings was enlivening Lisle Street, exaggerated, as usual.
Extract from : « The Bill-Toppers » by Andre Castaigne

Fervid and enlivening as its immediate impression may be it cannot be lasting.
Extract from : « The Merry-Go-Round » by Carl Van Vechten

But the best of feasts is dull work without an enlivening bowl.
Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer

That wild halloo, that waving arm, that enlivening shout—what means it?
Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth

The picture is better, perhaps, than the bricks were, yet it is not enlivening.
Extract from : « Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished » by R.M. Ballantyne

The face was nothing to me; but her companionship was enlivening.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 » by Various

The aspect of the country on a wet winter's day was not enlivening.
Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Synonyms for enlivening

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