"liven up" meaning in All languages combined

See liven up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: livens up [present, singular, third-person], livening up [participle, present], livened up [participle, past], livened up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} liven up (third-person singular simple present livens up, present participle livening up, simple past and past participle livened up)
  1. (transitive) To improve a person's mood by making them more energetic. Tags: transitive Translations (improve a person's mood): animar (Galician), aufmuntern (German), beoigh suas (Irish), приободрить (priobodritʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-liven_up-en-verb-aTZtTnaI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Happiness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Happiness: 50 50 Synonyms: cheer up, liven, animate, arouse, awaken [figuratively], beghast, bright, brighten [figuratively], cheer, energize, enliven, enthuse [proscribed], exalt, excite, fire up, ginger, ginger up, inflame [figuratively], invigorate, inspire, inspirit, jazz, kindle [figuratively], liven, liven up, perk up, quicken, spice, spice up, stimulate, vitalise Disambiguation of "improve a person's mood": 97 3
  2. (intransitive) To become more happy, energetic or positive. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: blithen, cheer up, gladden Translations (become more happy): animar (Galician), aufleben (German), приободриться (priobodritʹsja) (Russian), leva upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-liven_up-en-verb-mWiHlLIp Categories (other): Happiness Disambiguation of Happiness: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'become more happy': 13 87

Inflected forms

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