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LIVEN UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make lively
Example:
let's liven up this room a bit
Synonyms:
animate; enliven; invigorate; liven; liven up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "liven up" is one way to...):
arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liven up"):
ginger up; jazz up; juice up; pep up (make more interesting or lively)
inspirit; spirit; spirit up (infuse with spirit)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to liven up Sue
