lift up
1. fill with high spirits;
fill with optimism (Freq. 1)
- Music can uplift your spirits
• Syn:
elate, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
• Ant:
depress (for: elate)
• Derivationally related forms:
intoxication (for: intoxicate), elation (for: elate)
• Hypernyms:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
• Hyponyms:
beatify, puff, exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate,
thrill, exalt
• Cause:
rejoice, joy
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The good news will lift up her
- The performance is likely to lift up Sue
2. take and lift upward (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
pick up, gather up
• Hypernyms:
raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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