Encourage and Lighten

Encourage

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Lighten and encourage are semantically related in animate topic. In some cases you can use "Lighten" instead a verb "Encourage".

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Lighten

Lighten verb - To become glad or hopeful.

Usage example: the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment

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Encourage and lighten are semantically related in inspire topic. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Lighten", if it concerns topics such as animate.

Nearby Words: light, lightly, lightness, lighter, lightening

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Common collocations

people	encourage people	lighten people
morale	encourage morale	lighten morale
humans	encourage humans	lighten humans

Both words in one sentence

Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Akari is one to Teppei, Daichi and Hana, being eccentric, playful and doing everything she can to encourage them to lighten up and enjoy life.

Source: Anime / Captain Earth

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