Enliven
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English
Verb
Enliven (third-person singular simple present Enlivens, present participle Enlivening, simple past and past participle Enlivened)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
- (transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
- The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.
Synonyms for Enliven
liven, liven up, invigorate, vitalize, cheer, vivify, quicken, exhilarate, inspire, animate, stir up, gladden, delight, gratify, please, rejoice, charm, satisfy, incite, encourage, comfort, rouse, indulge, arouse, excite, stimulate, brighten, refresh, cheer up.
Antonyms for Enliven
sadden, dull, dampen, stupefy, cloy, pall, dim, darken, tire, weary, bore, fatigue, debilitate, jade, exhaust, bother, pester, stultify, harass, enervate.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
amuse, animate, arouse, awaken, beguile, boost, brace, brace up, brighten, brisk, brisken, buck up, buoy up, cheer, cheer up, chirk up, convulse, delight, divert, dynamize, electrify, embue, encourage, energize, enkindle, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fillip, fire, fire up, fortify, fracture one, fresh up, freshen, freshen up, galvanize, give a lift, gladden, hearten, imbue, infect, inflame, inform, infuse, infuse life into, inject, inoculate, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, kill, kindle, knock dead, liven, loosen up, pep up, perk up, pick up, pique, provoke, quicken, raise a laugh, raise a smile, reanimate, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regale, reinvigorate, rejoice, rejoice the heart, rejuvenate, relax, renew, restore, resuscitate, revive, revivify, rouse, set up, sharpen, slay, snap up, solace, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, tickle, titillate, uplift, vitalize, vivify, wake up, warm, whet, wow, zip up
Etymology
Life + en- -en, intensifying verbal circumfix.[1]
