the new sofa livens up the whole room
Thesaurus of popular words. 2014.
liven someone/something up — BRIGHTEN UP, cheer up, enliven, animate, raise someone s spirits, perk up, spice up, ginger up, make lively, wake up, invigorate, revive, refresh, vivify, galvanize, stimulate, stir up, get going; informal buck up, pep up. → liven … Useful english dictionary
liven — up liven someone up liven something up … Thesaurus of popular words
liven something up — See liven someone up … Thesaurus of popular words
liven — verb liven up phrasal verb 1 (I, T) to become more exciting, or to make an event become more exciting: The party really livened up when Mattie arrived. | liven sth up: Why don t we play some games? That ll liven things up! 2 (T) to make something … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
liven — liv|en [ˈlaıvən] v liven up phr v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: life] 1.) to become more exciting, or to make an event become more exciting ▪ The party really livened up when Mattie arrived. liven sth <=>up ▪ Why don t we invite Jane? That ll… … Dictionary of contemporary English
perk someone/something up — you could do with something to perk you up: CHEER UP, liven up, brighten up, raise someone s spirits, give someone a boost/lift, revitalize, invigorate, energize, enliven, ginger up, put new life/heart into, put some spark into, rejuvenate,… … Useful english dictionary
warm someone up — the compère warmed up the crowd: ENLIVEN, liven, stimulate, animate, rouse, stir, excite; informal get going. → warm … Useful english dictionary
pep up — verb 1. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts (Freq. 1) The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers • Syn: ↑cheer, ↑root on, ↑inspire, ↑urge, ↑barrack, ↑urge on, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ginger up — verb make more interesting or lively juice up a party pep up your paper • Syn: ↑jazz up, ↑juice up, ↑pep up • Hypernyms: ↑enliven, ↑liven, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
perk up — 1) you seem to have perked up Syn: cheer up, brighten up, liven up, take heart; informal buck up 2) the economy has been slow to perk up Syn: recover, rally, improve, revive, take a turn for the better, look up, pick up … Thesaurus of popular words
