| boughten | (adjective) purchased; not homemade | Synonyms: store-bought |
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| brighten | (verb) make more cheerful through the use of color | Synonyms: lighten, lighten up |
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| (verb) become clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, light up |
| enlighten | (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
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| (verb) make understand | Synonyms: edify |
| (verb) give spiritual insight to; in religion | Synonyms: irradiate |
| frighten | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: affright, fright, scare |
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| heighten | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: enhance, raise |
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| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: rise |
| (verb) make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity | - |
| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: compound, deepen, intensify |
| (verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: sharpen |
| (verb) increase the height of | - |
| lighten | (verb) make more cheerful through the use of color | Synonyms: brighten, lighten up |
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| (verb) become lighter | Synonyms: lighten up |
| (verb) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | Synonyms: relieve |
| (verb) become more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
| (verb) reduce the weight on; make lighter | - |
| (verb) make more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
| straighten | (verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
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| (verb) make straight or straighter | - |
| (verb) make straight | Synonyms: straighten out |
| (verb) straighten by unrolling | Synonyms: roll out |
| (verb) straighten up or out; make straight | Synonyms: unbend |
| (verb) get up from a sitting or slouching position | - |
| tighten | (verb) become tight or tighter | - |
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| (verb) make tight or tighter | Synonyms: fasten |
| (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: constrain, stiffen, tighten up |
| (verb) narrow or limit | Synonyms: reduce |