Antonyms for jazz up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jaz |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒæz |
- abbreviate
- abridge
- block
- bore
- bring down
- calm
- compress
- condense
- constrict
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- damage
- darken
- deactivate
- deaden
- debilitate
- decline
- decrease
- deduct
- deplete
- depress
- detach
- diminish
- discourage
- disgrace
- dishearten
- dissuade
- drop
- dull
- enervate
- exhaust
- fall
- fatigue
- halt
- hurt
- impoverish
- injure
- kill
- lessen
- let down
- lose
- lower
- nap
- narrow
- reduce
- remove
- restrict
- ruin
- sap
- shorten
- shrink
- simplify
- sleep
- slump
- stop
- subdue
- subtract
- take
- take away
- tire
- uglify
- upset
- weaken
- wear
- weary
- withdraw
- worsen
Definition of jazz up
Origin :- by 1912, American English, first attested in baseball slang; as a type of music, attested from 1913. Probably ultimately from Creole patois jass "strenuous activity," especially "sexual intercourse" but also used of Congo dances, from jasm (1860) "energy, drive," of African origin (cf. Mandingo jasi, Temne yas), also the source of slang jism.
- If the truth were known about the origin of the word 'Jazz' it would never be mentioned in polite society. ["Étude," Sept. 1924]
- All that jazz "et cetera" first recorded 1939.
- As in pep up : verb invigorate, inspire
- As in supplement : verb add to
- As in wake/waken : verb excite, stimulate
- As in buttress : verb support, bolster
- As in add : verb adjoin, increase; make further comment
- As in vitalize : verb energize
- As in decorate : verb beautify, embellish
- As in emblazon : verb adorn
- As in energize : verb activate; give more life
- As in enlarge : verb make or grow bigger; increase
- As in enliven : verb inspire, vitalize
- As in enrich : verb improve, embellish
Synonyms for jazz up
- actify
- activate
- activize
- add finishing touches
- add fuel to fire
- add to
- adorn
- affix
- aggrandize
- ameliorate
- amplify
- animate
- annex
- ante
- append
- arm
- arouse
- augment
- awaken
- back up
- beautify
- bedeck
- bedizen
- beef up
- better
- blow up
- boost
- brace
- brace up
- brighten
- broaden
- buck up
- build
- build up
- bulk
- bulwark
- buoy
- burnish
- buttress
- carry
- challenge
- charge up
- cheer
- cheer up
- color
- complement
- complete
- continue
- cue in
- cultivate
- deck
- decorate
- develop
- diffuse
- dilate
- distend
- divert
- do up
- dress out
- dress up
- elaborate
- electrify
- elongate
- embellish
- embroider
- empower
- enable
- endow
- enhance
- enliven
- enrich
- entertain
- exaggerate
- excite
- exhilarate
- expand
- expatiate
- extend
- festoon
- figure in
- fill out
- fill up
- finish
- fire
- fire up
- fix up
- flesh out
- fortify
- freshen
- frill
- furbish
- galvanize
- garnish
- gild
- give a lift
- give details
- give life to
- gladden
- goose
- grace
- grasp
- grow
- grow larger
- gussy up
- hearten
- heat up
- heighten
- hike
- hike up
- hitch on
- hook on
- hook up with
- hop up
- idealize
- illuminate
- improve
- include
- increase
- inflate
- innervate
- inspirit
- invigorate
- jack up
- jazz up
- join together
- juice up
- key up
- kindle
- lengthen
- let sunshine in
- liven up
- magnify
- make larger
- make rich
- motivate
- mount
- multiply
- notice
- ornament
- pad
- paint
- parlay
- pep up
- perfect
- perk up
- pick up
- piggyback
- plug into
- pour it on
- prank
- prime
- prop
- provoke
- pump up
- punch up
- put pep into
- put zip into
- pyramid
- quicken
- rally
- recreate
- refine
- refresh
- reinforce
- rejuvenate
- renew
- renovate
- reply
- restore
- rise
- rouse
- run up
- say further
- see
- shore
- slap on
- snap out of it
- snowball
- soup up
- spark
- speed up
- spice
- spice up
- spike
- spread
- spruce up
- start up
- steam up
- step up
- stimulate
- stir up
- strengthen
- stretch
- subsidize
- supplement
- supply
- sustain
- sweeten
- swell
- switch on
- tack on
- tag
- top
- trigger
- trim
- turn on
- understand
- up
- upgrade
- uphold
- upsurge
- vitalize
- vivificate
- vivify
- wake up
- wax
- whet
- widen
- work up
- zap
- zip up
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