Word "LIGHTEN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
make more cheerful
Synonyms:
buoy up, lighten up
Examples:
the conversation lightened me up a bit

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
become lighter
Synonyms:
lighten up
Examples:
The room lightened up

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
make more cheerful through the use of color
Synonyms:
brighten, lighten up

Crossword Clues for LIGHTEN

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Clue Source Date
Cheer up to bleach (7)
Make less heavy or burdensome (7)
Relieve admiral William after dismissing British figure (7)
Remove some of the charge to produce a flashy effect (7)
After fifty, the gin might serve to relieve the pressure (7)
Lessen load
Lift a burden (7)
Make blonder (7)
Add humour to difficult situation, heading off doom almost entirely The Telegraph Toughie 01 Feb 2024
Go pale: hint leg is broken The Times Quick Cryptic 26 Jan 2024
Reduce the weight of bleach (7)
Unhealthy earthling forgoes tart filling to lose weight (7)
Disencumber
Grow brighter Wall Street Journal 31 Oct 2023
___ the load (make things easier) USA Today 29 Oct 2023
Remove load from boat docked at noon The Times Cryptic 17 Aug 2023
If missing nightlife, lost temper The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Dec 2022
Relieve The Telegraph Quick 21 Sep 2022
Lift, as a mood Wall Street Journal 10 May 2022
Make less heavy The Guardian Quick 18 Mar 2022
Take a load off Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2021
Ease The Times Concise 22 Mar 2020
Make less heavy The Times Concise 08 Oct 2019
Alleviate The Guardian Speedy 26 May 2018
Reduce awkward length, squeezing one in
Reduce bleach
Reduce bleach
Fix thin leg in Blanch Irish Times Crosaire 31 Oct 2015
Reduce one in length, possibly The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Mar 2015
Ease
Ease
Frost, at the salon
Decrease, as a load
Ease, as a load
Bleach, perhaps
Uplift
Take a load off
Mitigate
Alleviate.
Ease the burden.
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