lift
verb (MAKE HAPPY) /lɪft/Definition
lift sb's spirits informal › to make someone happier: Nothing - not even the prospect of dinner - could lift his spirits.Causing pleasureReassuring
(Definition of lift verb (MAKE HAPPY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- blandishments noun
- calm (sb) down phrasal verb
- calm verb
- comfort noun (FOR SADNESS)
- comfort verb
- comforting adjective
- consolation noun
- emollient adjective
- get (sth) through (to sb) phrasal verb
- hearten verb
- heartened adjective
- heartening adjective
- lift noun (MAKE HAPPY)
- lighten verb (MAKE/BECOME LESS SERIOUS)
- no news is good news idiom
- reassurance noun
- reassure verb
- reassuring adjective
- satisfy verb (BELIEVING)
- they should worry! idiom
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