Synonyms for lightening
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lahyt-n-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪt n ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for lightening Other synonyms for the word lightening
- allay
- assuage
- attenuate
- become light
- buoy
- buoy up
- change
- cheer
- comfort
- decrease
- disburden
- disencumber
- elate
- empty
- encourage
- eradicate
- extenuate
- flash
- free
- gladden
- gleam
- hearten
- illume
- irradiate
- jettison
- levitate
- lift
- light
- make bright
- make less
- make lighter
- mollify
- perk up
- pour out
- put off
- reduce
- relieve
- remove
- revive
- shift
- shine
- take
- take a load off
- thin
- throw out
- unburden
- unload
- uplight
- upraise
Définition of lightening
Origin :- "the shedding of light," mid-14c., verbal noun from lighten (v.2). Meaning "alleviation of weight" (literal and figurative) is from 1520s, from lighten (v.1).
- verb illuminate
- verb reduce weight, load
- verb cheer up; inspire
- The changing, lightening gravity on the incline caught them.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- But the lapse of time brought some relief and a lightening of their depression.
- Extract from : « The Carroll Girls » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
- The girl looked at her with a lightening of her amiable, indifferent air.
- Extract from : « Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge » by Pemberton Ginther
- He shot his hands into the air with the lightening vivacity that was in him a sort of wit.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
- The artist explained that "Light is as important as lightening."
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- "It is well," I said, with a lightening of the heart, and bent down to lift the wooden lid.
- Extract from : « Cleopatra » by H. Rider Haggard
- It was all over, and he closed his eyes to the lightening sky.
- Extract from : « A Choice of Miracles » by James A. Cox
- For lightening this heavy burthen, I devised the following expedient.
- Extract from : « The Expedition of Humphry Clinker » by Tobias Smollett
- The expense of the trappings of monarchy, too, is lightening.
- Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
- She wondered a little at that, but with no lightening of her mood.
- Extract from : « Heart of the Blue Ridge » by Waldron Baily
Antonyms for lightening
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