Antonyms for lighten up

Grammar : Verb

Definition of lighten up

As in relent : verb die down; let up

Example sentences :

Say, Boss, do you want this to lighten up your old freight-train with?
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

“I must,” said Pen, with what was passing around seeming to lighten up.
Extract from : « !Tention » by George Manville Fenn

But soon after noon it stopped snowing and began to lighten up.
Extract from : « Track's End » by Hayden Carruth

Lighten up at the last moment and recognise for the last time.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

She was glad to see him lighten up, and she exerted herself to that end.
Extract from : « Victor Ollnee's Discipline » by Hamlin Garland

"Then I will lighten up, somewhat," replied the other calmly.
Extract from : « Robin Hood » by J. Walker McSpadden

As meat and drink and warmth began to permeate the stranger he seemed to expand and lighten up.
Extract from : « The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 » by Various

Nothing will lighten up a corner better than the hardy oriental Poppy, or the solid crimson or scarlet annual Poppies.
Extract from : « The Practical Garden-Book » by C. E. Hunn

In the camps they served to while away many a weary hour and to lighten up the seriousness of many a knotty problem.
Extract from : « Paul Bunyan and His Loggers » by Otis T. Howd

Suddenly the aisle seemed to lighten up; she was gliding along it, beautiful as May, and modesty itself in dress and carriage.
Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade

Synonyms for lighten up

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