happying

Verb

happy (third-person singular simple present happies, present participle happying, simple past and past participle happied)

1. (informal, intransitive) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
   • Whenever I started drinking again after abstaining for any period of time, it usually was an effort to relieve stress and to "happy up."2001, John L. Bullion, “Jokes”, in In the Boat with LBJ, Plano, Tex.: Republic of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 294

   Synonyms:

   blithen, cheer up, chirk, liven up, perk up

2. (informal, transitive) Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
   • People really didn't want their Party Motivators in their photos, anonymous dancers, happying up the place. It spooked them.2007, Mireille Juchau, “Sanctuary”, in Burning In, Artarmon, N.S.W.: Giramondo Publishing for the Writing & Society Research Group, University of Western Sydney, →ISBN, page 201

   Synonyms:

   bright, cheer up, happify, perk up, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, cheer, fetch

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