Antonyms for buoyed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : boo-ee, boi

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbu i, bɔɪ

Definition of buoyed

Origin : late 13c., perhaps from either Old French buie or Middle Dutch boeye, both from West Germanic *baukna "beacon, signal" (see beacon). OED, however, supports Middle Dutch boeie, or Old French boie "fetter, chain" (see boy), "because of its being fettered to a spot."

verb make light, encourage

Example sentences :

Then Pounddug Slough was kept thoroughly dredged and buoyed.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It was just this which kept the girl from her pillow, buoyed by a feverish excitement.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

He was floating, a pale red, velvety air caressed him and buoyed him.
Extract from : « They Twinkled Like Jewels » by Philip Jos Farmer

Now all nets are “swum,” that is to say, all are above the warps and are buoyed on the surface.
Extract from : « Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" » by James Blyth

Buoyed up by so much excitement, Johnnie managed to stand for a moment.
Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates

Each man was buoyed up by the hope that it might be the last of such days for him.
Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner

As long as he had been on the road he had been buoyed up by movement, by the passing scene.
Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner

All this time he was buoyed up by the hope that Ernest would come back.
Extract from : « A Cousin's Conspiracy » by Horatio Alger

We are just swinging by the head to the buoyed cable, so that I can slip at any moment.
Extract from : « Jack at Sea » by George Manville Fenn

Buoyed up with this hope, when our watch was over, we turned into our hammocks.
Extract from : « The Boy who sailed with Blake » by W.H.G. Kingston

Synonyms for buoyed

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