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become cheerful

  • as inbrighten
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Synonyms for become cheerful

verb make happy, feel better
  • clear up
  • enliven
  • improve
  • perk up
  • cheer
  • encourage
  • gladden
  • hearten
  • become cheerful
  • buck up
  • buoy up
  • cheer up
  • look up

Antonyms for become cheerful

  • worsen
  • bring down
  • depress
  • discourage
  • dishearten
  • dissuade
  • darken
  • deepen
  • dull
  • fade
  • upset
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to become cheerful

brighten

verb. make happy, feel better
  • become cheerful
  • buck up
  • buoy up
  • cheer
  • cheer up
  • clear up
  • encourage
  • enliven
  • gladden
  • hearten
  • improve
  • look up
  • perk up

brightening

verb. make happy, feel better
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.