lighten in English

verb

1

make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity.

efforts to lighten the burden of regulation

synonyms: make lighter, lessen, reduce, decrease, diminish, ease, alleviate, mitigate, allay, relieve, palliate, assuage

2

make or become lighter or brighter.

the sky began to lighten in the east

synonyms: make lighter, make brighter, brighten, light up, illuminate, throw/cast light on, shine on, irradiate, illumine, illume, whiten, make whiter, bleach, blanch, make paler

3

emit flashes of lightning; flash with lightning.

it thundered and lightened

verb

make lighter, make brighter, brighten, light up, illuminate, throw/cast light on, shine on, irradiate, illumine, illume
whiten, make whiter, bleach, blanch, make paler
make lighter, lessen, reduce, decrease, diminish, ease, alleviate, mitigate, allay, relieve, palliate, assuage
cheer (up), brighten, gladden, hearten, perk up, lift, enliven, boost, buoy (up), uplift, revive, restore, revitalize
brighten, lighten up
lighten up, buoy up
lighten up
relieve

Use "lighten" in a sentence

1. Lighten up.

2. The sky began to lighten.

3. Come on, John. Lighten up!

4. Lighten up your serious attitude.

5. Use bleach to lighten the wood.

6. Lemon juice may lighten dark hair .

7. He needs to lighten up a little.

8. I wish she'd lighten up a bit.

9. Oh, lighten up! I was only joking!

10. You are a classic hardhead. Lighten up!

11. You need to lighten up a bit.

12. The pendent lamps lighten the whole hall.

13. Above him, the sky seemed to lighten.

14. You're beginning to lighten up a bit.

15. There was no breeze to lighten the atmosphere.

16. She told a joke to lighten the atmosphere.

17. The sky began to lighten after the storm.

18. Cards, wine and tits to lighten the heart.

19. I smile at her to lighten the atmosphere.

20. The sky began to lighten in the east.

21. He did his best to lighten things up.

22. The weather did little to lighten their mood .

23. Come on, this is a party. Lighten up.

24. You want to lighten up on the throttle, Sparky?

25. We should hire another secretary to lighten Barbara's workload.

26. Come on, lighten up! Where's your sense of humour?

27. Hey, lighten up! It's only a game, you know!

28. Come on, lighten up! It was only a joke.

29. He tried to lighten the atmosphere by telling a joke.

30. Acros+R will lighten reds, so sometimes in portraits it can lighten a face, but it can make lips blend in, which might be bad

31. An efficient bulb may lighten the load of power stations.

32. He tries to lighten his lectures with an occasional witticism.

33. U r just lyk my sun, lighten up my heart!

34. Oh , lighten up, Cogsworth, and let nature take its course.

35. Nora didn't respond to my attempts to lighten the conversation.

36. 11 To lighten it, a water tank had to be emptied.

37. She be always trying to get her husband to lighten up.

38. She tried to lighten up her speech with a few jokes.

39. Potently the stochasticitys, there are the Brontosaurs of spreads and lighten

40. Infants are dark in coloration and lighten after about one year.

41. Compartmentalization is one way to lighten the emotional baggage that we carry

42. Some common synonyms of Alleviate are allay, assuage, lighten, mitigate, and relieve

43. The back is darker than the sides, which gradually lighten in color.

44. You may even use them crack a joke to lighten a conversation.

45. Some common synonyms of Assuage are allay, alleviate, lighten, mitigate, and relieve.

46. However, filtration at this level may lighten a wine's color and body.

47. 17 Congregation members can do much to lighten the load of elders.

48. It's In my other trousers, OK? Jeez, guys , lighten up a little.

49. Resist oppression, lighten the burden of the underdog, spread understanding and reason.

50. Anthropocentric "Christianity came into existence in order to lighten the heart; but now it has first to burden the heart so as afterwards to be able to lighten it