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What is another word for
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To illuminate or shine with light
To make or become brighter or lighter in contrast
To make or become happier and more cheerful
To vitalize or make more attractive, especially by adding (bright) colors
To sparkle or glimmer with light
To make more beautiful or attractive by adorning or decorating
To shine brightly, especially with reflected light
To provide assuagement or palliation to
To make smooth, glossy or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding
To give a fresh look to (something old or shabby)
To become sunny or bright after a period of inclement weather
To become or make more intense
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Verb
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To illuminate or shine with light
illumine
illuminate
irradiate
lighten
gleam
kindle
shine
glow
burnish
intensify
light up
throw light on
cast light on
shed light on
punch up
light
illume
emblaze
beacon
bathe
enlighten
flash
belight
make brighter
shine on
flood with light
emblazon
floodlight
highlight
make lighter
brighten up
cast light upon
shine upon
shine a light on
clarify
animate
cast
flood
backlight
shed light
limelight
spotlight
furnish
make bright
make visible
ignite
fire
hit with a light
bathe in light
beam
emanate
radiate
be diffused
ray
glitter
beam out
more ❯
“There's still light in the sky at nine at night, and it'll
brighten
the valley by five tomorrow morning.”
Verb
▲
To make or become brighter or lighter in contrast
lighten
make brighter
become bright
become brighter
make bright
make lighter
grow sunny
clear up
become lighter
become light
clear
grow brighter
become sunny
light up
brighten up
“If you then adjust the display, it will
brighten
the image so that you can see the gas clouds of the arms.”
Verb
▲
To make or become happier and more cheerful
animate
enliven
hearten
exhilarate
uplift
stimulate
cheer
gladden
encourage
envigorate
UK
invigorate
US
rally
rejuvenate
excite
arouse
lighten
improve
vitalize
fire
cheer up
buoy up
perk up
pep up
brighten up
buck up
wake up
pick up
look up
take heart
give a lift
make happy
clear up
take a turn for the better
become cheerful
raise spirits
snap out of it
inspirit
revitalize
US
restore
refresh
inspire
revitalise
UK
energize
US
elate
rouse
strengthen
energise
UK
boost
revive
buoy
renew
quicken
galvanize
US
lift
stir
regenerate
revivify
reinvigorate
fortify
rekindle
recharge
touch up
repair
galvanise
UK
renovate
brace
enkindle
kick-start
freshen
refreshen
recreate
liven up
resurrect
awaken
ginger up
enhance
elevate
rewake
rewaken
motivate
embolden
give a boost to
reawaken
vivify
reactivate
give a lift to
delight
steel
move
incite
breathe new life into
bounce back
ameliorate
console
resuscitate
cultivate
intoxicate
raise
build up
pump up
fire up
recondition
be heartened
give a shot in the arm to
recover
jazz up
relieve
give someone a kick
reassure
give a buzz
spur
comfort
make whole
instigate
fillip
spark
assure
trigger
refine
enhearten
activate
electrify
stir up
enrapture
thrill
better
titillate
transport
enrich
boost up
charge
warm
chirk up
bear up
reanimate
rejoice
upgrade
restart
liven
psych up
give shot in arm
light a fire under
prop up
juice
help
turn on
update
give someone a charge
brush up
brace up
replenish
modernise
UK
regain
become livelier
prompt
modernize
US
prod
become more cheerful
make happier
reestablish
grow buoyant
drive
empower
incentify
give new life to
bring around
lift up
relax
become optimistic
become hopeful
rise
soar
light up
applaud
push
make more cheerful
pique
disinhibit
impassion
goad
sway
enforce
raise the spirits
egg
incentivize
US
whip up
kindle
jumpstart
spur on
build
advance
enthuse
burnish
emend
bolster
edify
cheer on
ignite
reenforce
rev up
provoke
overjoy
loosen up
lighten up
nudge
give a new lease on life
get going again
put new life into
re-energize
bring back to life
put some spark into
reinvent
give new strength to
spice up
feel happier
get into the mood
enchant
make brighter
take a load off
please
soothe
praise
prick
wow
fuel
gratify
solace
flush
grip
stimulate spiritually
raise your spirits
lift the spirits of
give confidence to
raise the morale of
spirit up
give hope to
boost morale
bield
gee up
stiffen the resolve of
tickle
grab
incentivise
UK
upraise
spike
key up
give joy to
pleasure
content
satisfy
glad
spice
go over big
blow away
fire with enthusiasm
race one's motor
knock your socks off
give pleasure to
zap
vivificate
suit
feast
gas
jump-start
improve in outlook
take on a new lease of life
improve in spirits
improve in mood
make more lively
juice up
put pep into
waken up
let sunshine in
work up
make more exciting
come alive
make lively
give life to
amp up
zip up
put on cloud nine
let the sun shine in
put on top of the world
warm the cockles of someone's heart
bring joy to
do someone's heart good
give someone pleasure
tickle pink
agree with
make someone feel good
save
relaunch
embellish
reinstitute
reintroduce
re-establish
amplify
aggrandize
give a new lease of life to
give the kiss of life to
promote
aid
titivate
optimize
US
endow
favour
UK
advantage
favor
US
appreciate
benefit
meliorate
augment
up
supercharge
optimise
UK
beef up
encourage the growth of
bump up
build on
drive forward
spruce up
give a facelift to
fine-tune
add value to
make better
step up
contribute to
add to
polish up
do up
smarten up
send
commove
exalt
pep
turn someone on
snap up
make very happy
put zip into
give someone great pleasure
give someone a thrill
make someone's spirits soar
urge
impel
induce
inflame
support
foment
cause
influence
egg on
foster
persuade
press
actuate
propel
generate
exhort
agitate
sustain
spark off
intensify
whet
sting
goose
make
waken
solicit
bring about
set off
abet
compel
call forth
ferment
reinforce
incline
assist
engender
put up to
touch off
entreat
ask
succor
US
succour
UK
bring
coerce
calm
lead
nurture
brew
fire the imagination of
implore
fan
create
beseech
start
occasion
further
impress
lead to
invite
bring on
badger
increase
get going
give strength to
assuage
trigger off
evoke
nerve
instil
UK
force
mobilize
US
pick
psych
produce
prime
instill
US
elicit
touch
enjoin
mobilise
UK
breed
ease
precipitate
coax
stoke up
request
beg
give rise to
get
drum up
prepare
tempt
bring out
entice
set in motion
pressure
put in motion
innervate
set going
dynamize
put at ease
see someone through
gird
heighten
be a source of strength to
bring comfort to
back
sic
procure
placate
initiate
drive on
catalyze
US
root on
wake
effectuate
needle
condole
root for
bestir
work
fan the flames of
result in
beget
catalyse
UK
salve
fire the enthusiasm of
wind up
invoke
set on
begin
draw forth
charge up
be a tower of strength to
call
constrain
demand
facilitate
hound
whip
poise
bid
plead
importune
develop
appeal
harass
ready
harden
command
root
summon
countenance
inform
oblige
pester
dragoon
carry
exacerbate
nag
set
accelerate
feed
rile
effect
make for
put a bomb under
beckon
affect
talk into
speed up
jolt
appeal to
set up
urge on
give a boost
challenge
give confidence
build a fire under
be responsible for
add fuel to
pacify
act as a incentive to
act as a stimulus to
get someone going
insist on
commiserate with
power
gear up
prevail upon
condole with
compose
besoothe
commiserate
allay
get ready
sympathize with
bring into being
give condolences to
yield
spawn
call into being
put new life in
put one's mind to rest
translate into
keep someone going
make happen
forward
be the cause of
mollify
palliate
feed the fire
give solace to
give sympathy to
bring back
have
give incentive
hook
summon up
remind
incent
chivvy
intrigue
irritate
inveigle
make confident
give courage to
jog
dispose
speed
roil
burgeon
nourish
boost moral
imbue
infuse
craze
taunt
motive
bolden
arm
actify
activize
enable
strike
forearm
stoke
gain
convert
convince
irk
incense
pressurize
US
propose
wheedle
emphasize
US
endue
infect
beghast
add fuel
originate
run
add fuel to the flames
bully
whomp up
give courage
grill
vex
reproduce
recall
redevelop
barrack
advise
make brave
make wild
stress
underline
cement
crank up
give new energy to
predispose
condition
direct
determine
make braver
hustle
supplement
heat up
win over
give impetus
start off
steam up
lash
roust
pressurise
UK
exercise
bother
lift the morale of
jack up
gear oneself up
call on
work into lather
champion
deepen
psyche up
get one started
act as a impetus to
act as a fillip to
act as a spur to
advocate
expedite
spur to action
make enthusiastic
suscitate
fan the fire
lighten burden
make one feel at ease
quiet fears
empathize with
make well
give pep talk
give a shot in the arm
keep one going
keep you going
change
lean on
draw on
have as a consequence
have as a result
spook
quieten
move to action
buttress
maintain
underpin
uphold
corroborate
reward
act upon
ride herd on
inspan
impose on
orient
give one an idea
shake
shake up
madden
prevail on
recommend
hassle
dig
agitate for
agitate against
switch on
add fuel to fire
make waves
stir embers
call to mind
make alive
harry
get to
broaden
defend
highlight
substantiate
emphasise
UK
adjure
free
insist
restore confidence to
bolster up
back up
shout for
try to persuade
set your mind at rest
snap one out of it
rationalize
US
make stronger
give respite to
bolster someone's confidence
restore someone's confidence
dispel someone's fears
shore up
pour it on
attract
draw
minister to
give the incentive to
give moral support to
hold someone's hand
boost the morale of
be a source of strength
give a leg up to
be there for
rationalise
UK
sharpen
push for
court
play a part in
extend
sell one on
clamour
UK
lobby
campaign
alleviate
be instrumental in
help out
cheer along
tide over
keep someone's head above water
keep going
launch
order
pursue
clamor
US
bay
petition
sue
requisition
exact
woo
allure
enlarge
sow the seeds of
play a role in
tranquilize
US
supplicate
stipulate
quest
apply
pity
achieve
have a hand in
accomplish
amount to
culminate in
be a factor in
establish
issue
lure
untrouble
tranquillise
UK
burn up
get smoking
realise
UK
realize
US
introduce
engineer
open the door for
attain
push forward
be conducive to
organise
UK
organize
US
enquire
UK
inquire
US
bug
drum
ask for
multiply
swell
mount
magnify
expand
compound
escalate
put new heart into
end in
kickoff
cause to occur
finish in
draw out
have a part in
conduce to
conduce
oil the wheels of
bring off
actualize
carry through
pull off
be partly responsible for
bear
contribute
bring forth
add up to
cause to happen
make possible
be at the bottom of
bring to pass
carry off
have the effect of
entail
contrive
put in place
spell
put new heart in
ask authoritatively
ask forcefully
make a claim
ask brusquely
put new strength in
admit
let in
beg for
express sympathy to
show compassion to
wax
show fellow feeling to
welcome
be advantageous to
do good to
be beneficial to
befit
be useful to
be of use to
be to the advantage of
profit
be of assistance to
pay off for
be good for
bless
be of help to
serve
be of service to
work for
be helpful to
be of advantage to
express sympathy for
express sympathy
call for
flirt with
bring on oneself
leave the door open to
include
more ❯
“He figured that Disneyland was the one place guaranteed to
brighten
her mood.”
Verb
▲
To vitalize or make more attractive, especially by adding (bright) colors
enhance
embellish
enrich
freshen
prettify
beautify
grace
zhoosh
revitalise
UK
revitalize
US
revivify
vivify
dress up
jazz up
liven up
ginger up
zhoosh up
add some colour to
make better
make more attractive
adorn
decorate
ornament
trim
deck
garnish
festoon
array
bedeck
bedizen
dress
drape
caparison
blazon
emblaze
emboss
fancify
do
gild
furbelow
furnish
emblazon
bejewel
bespangle
varnish
befrill
overdo
amplify
aggrandize
fancy up
fix up
spiff up
pretty up
supercharge
add bells and whistles
brighten up
spruce up
tart up
glitz up
do up
do out
gussy up
doll up
“
Brighten
your look by adding splashes of color.”
Verb
▲
To sparkle or glimmer with light
light up
sparkle
glint
shimmer
glisten
glimmer
gleam
shine
scintillate
flicker
flash
coruscate
glow
beam
flare
glare
flame
lighten
fulgurate
become bright
become brighter
grow light
dawn
Verb
▲
To make more beautiful or attractive by adorning or decorating
ornament
adorn
decorate
embellish
beautify
trim
deck
garnish
festoon
array
bedeck
enrich
grace
bedizen
dress
drape
caparison
blazon
emboss
emblaze
fancify
do
enhance
prettify
furbelow
gild
emblazon
engarland
embroider
prink
smarten
primp
paint
elaborate
accessorise
UK
accessorize
US
prank
ornamentalize
polish
do up
pretty up
doll up
fancy up
dress up
gussy up
glitz up
deck out
spruce up
fix up
smarten up
jazz up
add finishing touches
furnish
garland
wreathe
titivate
frill
finish
perfect
trick out
dress out
exaggerate
colour
UK
catastrophize
varnish
coat
plate
begild
aureate
color
US
touch up
sugar-coat
ginger up
enlarge on
do out
tart up
bejewel
get up
swathe
furbish
improve
bespangle
edge
set off
befrill
cover
hem
hang
spiff up
fringe
stud
crown
border
braid
glamorize
US
glamorise
UK
redecorate
pipe
renovate
fix
work
shape
loop
thread
preen
bedight
pretty
beribbon
spangle
bind
set
brighten up
pimp up
add ornament to
style
attach
form
gem
rig
constitute
flesh out
paper
fasten
glaze
fit
mense
tailor
adapt
wallpaper
refurbish
wreath
slick up
ribbon
revamp
remodel
rig out
retouch
sweeten
band
slick
add the finishing touch to
boss
candy
lift
spruce
gloss
complete
tassel
zhoosh
cut
overdo
amplify
aggrandize
supercharge
make attractive
make pretty
rim
make beautiful
make up
give something a facelift
tidy
stencil
plume
trig
chase
make
befringe
purfle
complement
zhoosh up
augment
stitch
sew
suit
quilt
fashion
knit
equip
dot
add bells and whistles
pimp out
supplement
go with
tool
fit with studs
add on
add ornament
cross-stitch
add to
sprinkle
star
sequin
weave pattern
more ❯
Verb
▲
To shine brightly, especially with reflected light
luminesce
gleam
twinkle
shine
glitter
glimmer
glisten
flare
flame
blaze
blare
blush
colour
UK
color
US
crimson
fill
flush
light
mantle
pink
redden
rose
rouge
pinken
incandesce
be suffused
glow
radiate
flicker
phosphoresce
bloom
burn
shed a glow of
be pink
go scarlet
colour up
be suffused with colour
go pink
go red
be suffused with
sparkle
flash
shimmer
glint
coruscate
scintillate
glister
blink
fulgurate
wink
effulge
luster
US
lustre
UK
glance
spangle
winkle
glare
catch the light
beam
dazzle
fluoresce
spark
reflect
reflect light
sheen
kindle
give off sparks
ray
irradiate
illumine
illuminate
bedazzle
emit light
give light
give off light
emit
more ❯
Verb
▲
To provide assuagement or palliation to
relieve
alleviate
ease
soothe
allay
mitigate
assuage
palliate
appease
diminish
dull
soften
calm
comfort
counteract
cure
dispel
mollify
relax
salve
abate
console
lessen
lighten
punctuate
reduce
solace
succor
US
succour
UK
vary
help
interrupt
liss
stop
subdue
sweeten
temper
aid
assist
break up
moderate
prevent
quiet
bring respite to
bring an end to
let up on
take load off
make something bearable
take a load off
bring aid
bring aid to
quell
decrease
pacify
take the edge off
blunt
deaden
tranquilize
US
still
cool
attenuate
tone down
tranquillise
UK
placate
lull
compose
weaken
cushion
check
heal
ameliorate
dampen
reassure
assure
damp
settle
lower
stifle
quieten
slake
remedy
control
make better
cheer
treat
suppress
curb
lenify
contain
doctor
quench
satisfy
hearten
dilute
smother
improve
modify
encourage
restrain
support
take the sting out
cheer up
calm down
smooth
nurse
inspirit
extenuate
sate
slacken
uplift
bolster
ebb
rehabilitate
damp down
take the bite out
soft-pedal
buoy up
benumb
extinguish
attend to
de-escalate
put at ease
gentle
mellow
muffle
ease off
mend
gladden
becalm
restore
condole
lift
medicate
remit
subside
lullaby
slack
fix
balm
mute
rehab
pour oil on
buck up
give solace to
condole with
put a damper on
cool off
bring comfort to
resolve
make well
let up
numb
conciliate
meliorate
propitiate
qualify
wane
satiate
cauterize
US
decline
dwindle
thin
recede
cauterise
UK
fade
stabilize
US
taper
disarm
shrink
fall
silence
relent
upraise
humour
UK
humor
US
stabilise
UK
defuse
untrouble
loose
boost
elevate
buoy
gratify
sink
commiserate
pall
curtail
modulate
set right
commiserate with
slow
collect
better
take the sting out of
get rid of
besoothe
sedate
minimize
US
quieten down
quiet down
put an end to
minimise
UK
sympathize with
give condolences to
drop off
taper off
put one's mind to rest
fall away
peter out
wind down
die down
phase down
re-collect
tail off
drain away
die away
drop away
die out
treat successfully
ratchet down
make less intense
make whole
put the lid on
minister to
restore to health
put damper on
make healthy
steady
overcome
address
buffer
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
attend
mask
dulcify
cut
depress
depreciate
nourish
deplete
downsize
drop
downscale
anaesthetize
UK
fix up
rectify
take sting out
patch things up
cut down
crumble
disintegrate
make less
commute
anesthetize
US
kill
free
excuse
unburden
desensitize
US
smooth over
settle down
adjust
undermine
keep in check
reduce the force of
set up
restore to normality
iron out
sort out
reanimate
envigorate
UK
revitalise
UK
enliven
revitalize
US
invigorate
US
take the bite out of
make less painful
rachet down
grow less
make reasonable
put out a fire
do damage control
smooth down
patch up
give respite to
lighten burden
empathize with
give sympathy to
quiet fears
give a lift to
neutralize
US
put to rights
obtund
hebetate
neutralise
UK
desensitise
UK
square
make one feel at ease
water down
smooth out
clear the air
take the heat off
reconcile
repress
content
amend
banish
dissipate
cleanse
dismiss
win over
eliminate
destroy
make peace with
dose
put to rest
drive away
drive off
chase away
cool out
indulge
fulfil
UK
accommodate
constrain
loosen
animate
inhibit
feed
fortify
brace
govern
bridle
decelerate
pity
hold
measure
tame
restrict
limit
unlax
untighten
unknot
unclench
oblige
fulfill
US
favour
UK
favor
US
perk up
become less rigid
let go
become less tense
become less stiff
cater to
trammel
intern
confine
rule
keep
gee up
restore someone's confidence
give confidence
snap one out of it
give a lift
dispel someone's fears
restore confidence to
pick up
bolster someone's confidence
set your mind at rest
comply with
provide for
pander to
give in to
fawn on
keep down
pull in
regulate
rein in
hold back
become weaker
chill out
cool it
fade away
express sympathy to
show compassion to
show fellow feeling to
express sympathy
express sympathy for
contract
fall off
cut back
ease up
slow down
plummet
slump
decrement
slash
slack off
quash
scale down
clip
slacken off
dent
flag
go down
bring down
plunge
grow smaller
pare down
come to an end
trail
roll back
squelch
shorten
melt away
become smaller
trail off
wither
impair
knock down
trim
drain
minify
pare
deteriorate
degenerate
downgrade
nosedive
devaluate
droop
shrivel
mark down
fade out
degrade
dial down
wear away
dry up
make cutbacks in
get less
die off
become less
erode
dissolve
disappear
fail
close
cease
absorb
descend
axe
UK
decay
bate
blur
shave
step down
ax
US
wear down
waste away
whittle down
cut back on
go downhill
run low
take a nosedive
slim down
get smaller
wilt
subjugate
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
play down
release
rise above
hush
collapse
prune
melt
cut off
choke off
squash
vanish
dim
terminate
ration
dip
break
couch
lapse
evaporate
narrow
crash
deflate
run down
tumble
dive
take down
trim back
trim down
slope
take it easy
devalue
make smaller
put a lid on
throw cold water on
cheapen
hold in check
ease up on
get under control
phase out
turn down
pour cold water on
dampen down
cut down on
put down
grow faint
come to a stop
go through the floor
hit the floor
become lower
level off
fall short
revise
discount
disempower
chill
diffuse
abase
finish
sag
put at rest
disengage
make weaker
rein
pipe down
abbreviate
retrench
retire
languish
truncate
abridge
clear
retrograde
dock
slip
decimate
waste
temperate
die
round down
shed
close out
reduce the effect of
lose edge
narrow down
fizzle out
become less intense
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
anaesthetise
UK
make fewer
master
undervalue
demote
run out
die away or out
die away or down
make less strict
make less formal
buttress
go easy
crush
stem
protect against
trail away
thin out
thin down
write off
cause to fall
write down
get lower
go downwards
become calm
become peaceful
staunch
harsh
arrest
lick
reduce greatly
take pressure off
make reductions in
defend against
shield against
amortise
UK
whittle
cast down
retrench on
salami-slice
regress
lessen the impact of
reduce the impact of
amortize
US
tighten
relapse
totter
skid
lose
safeguard against
lay off
avoid
stint
drag
backslide
crater
buckle
soak up
snuff out
soften the impact of
flop
keep the lid on
make less active
crack down on
go into a tailspin
fold up
hit the dirt
tip over
break down
be precipitated
take a header
lose value
decrease in value
cave in
bow out
decline in price
atrophy
desist
evanesce
keep a lid on
clamp down on
nip in the bud
slap down
deconflict
stroke
grease
pacificate
go easy on
impose peace upon
butter up
restore harmony to
lay back
clear the air with
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
kiss and make up
make peace
bury the hatchet
come down
retard
slack up
give way
draw to a close
be on the way out
give in
become weak
delay
take it steady
detain
hinder
handicap
stunt
impede
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
keep back
mire
hamper
lag
retardate
stay
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
choke
reef
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
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Verb
▲
To make smooth, glossy or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding
burnish
polish
shine
buff
furbish
rub
smooth
gloss
grind
wax
smoothen
glaze
dress
clean
glance
luster
US
lustre
UK
sheen
buff up
rub up
polish up
rub down
put a shine on
put on a finish
scour
sleek
wipe
brush
varnish
lacquer
finish
enamel
scrub
make brilliant
shellac
give a sheen
slick
japan
oil
bone
put a gloss on
put a finish on
sand
rasp
file
sandpaper
hone
veneer
abrade
scrape
coat
paint
wash
stain
face
gild
level
resin
refine
give a shine to
cover
prepare
surface
round
texture
make glossy
roll
glass
elaborate
develop
vitrify
wear away
grind down
wear down
make shiny
perfect
clear
make lustrous
make vitreous
smooth off
buff out
sand down
cleanse
chafe
grate
mop
flush
erode
whiten
purge
dight
pumice
raze
shape
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give a fresh look to (something old or shabby)
furbish
refurbish
furnish
recondition
equip
fit
appoint
improve
renew
restore
rehabilitate
upcycle
deck out
gussy up
kit out
smarten up
fix up
rig out
spruce up
repair
revamp
renovate
overhaul
reconstitute
remodel
reinstate
refit
rebuild
reconstruct
mend
recover
rejuvenate
patch
fix
reestablish
modernize
US
revitalize
US
revitalise
UK
modernise
UK
service
re-establish
make over
bring up to date
do up
redevelop
restitute
rectify
doctor
update
regenerate
redeem
retouch
revivify
revive
bring back
vamp up
touch up
give a new look to
tune
spruce
refresh
get into shape
breathe new life into
reanimate
rework
remaster
set right
salvage
rescue
straighten out
set to rights
re-create
reinstall
develop
reinvigorate
upgrade
redecorate
convert
bring up to code
brighten up
freshen up
re-equip
make good
make fit for use
bring into the twenty-first century
rehab
redo
remake
reform
retread
resuscitate
recreate
refurnish
recharge
refreshen
amend
patch up
refashion
revise
heal
freshen
reorganize
US
correct
reorganise
UK
face-lift
tart up
give something a facelift
recast
redesign
alter
change
modify
cure
adjust
gentrify
remedy
resurrect
reproduce
transform
adapt
better
rekindle
reequip
meliorate
customize
US
reawaken
invigorate
US
put right
put to rights
customise
UK
clean up
envigorate
UK
pimp out
pimp up
recycle
turn
restyle
reclaim
vamp
maintain
reerect
sort out
go over
settle
energize
US
conciliate
reconcile
rebrand
enhance
give a facelift to
reinforce
energise
UK
reinvent
ameliorate
resolve
put back into its original condition
return to a former position
return to a former state
streamline
uplift
harmonize
US
contemporize
reorient
restructure
refine
enrich
rewake
rewaken
reshuffle
perfect
inspirit
vary
reassemble
exhilarate
restart
produce
stimulate
replace
help
retool
harmonise
UK
do
remold
US
kick-start
give a shot in the arm
give a shot in the arm to
change radically
raise from the dead
reengineer
remould
UK
reactivate
cleanse
retrieve
clean
sort
make better
add to
see to
regulate
build up
bring around
re-form
fettle
piece together
emend
tinker
set up
get something working
debug
put back together
restore to working order
make as good as new
tune up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become sunny or bright after a period of inclement weather
clear up
become fair
become sunny
make brighter
make bright
lighten
become bright
become brighter
make lighter
grow sunny
Verb
▲
To become or make more intense
intensify
boost
increase
heighten
strengthen
raise
concentrate
escalate
extend
deepen
magnify
reinforce
sharpen
amplify
augment
enhance
step up
widen
compound
fester
add to
aggravate
exacerbate
redouble
accentuate
broaden
build up
consolidate
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
expand
gain strength
inflame
pick up
quicken
worsen
accent
aggrandize
amp up
beef up
darken
exaggerate
exalt
intensate
lighten
make worse
point
rise
rouse
spike
stress
whet
add fuel
heap on
heat up
pile on
set off
tone up
pour it on
run high
fan the flames
add fuel to the fire
add fuel to the flames
grow
enlarge
complicate
add insult to injury
make matters worse
improve
irritate
fan the flames of
swell
provoke
supplement
encourage
develop
compound the problem
enrich
fuel
hot up
inflate
multiply
put salt on the wound
stir up
egg on
rub salt in the wound
feed the fire
rub salt in the wounds
hasten
ferment
renew
damage
fan
brew
smoulder
UK
smolder
US
mushroom
mount
accumulate
snowball
heat
spread
harshen
make something worse
gather steam
promote
make greater
feed into
foster
send up
upgrade
build
cultivate
stimulate
contribute to
nurture
fatten
breadthen
pour gasoline on the fire
speed up
liven up
become worse
become stronger
ratchet
fill out
rub salt into the wound
become strong
increase in value
top up
soup up
further
build on
twist the knife in the wound
stoke
stoke up
impair
excite
infuriate
enrage
to make matters worse
rub salt in a wound
go from bad to worse
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