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Synonyms of perk up

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Another word for perk up is please. Other synonyms of perk up are content, cheer, delight and rise.

Synonyms and similar words for perk up

verbTo become more upright.

verbTo become more lively or enthusiastic.

verbTo cause to be more upright, straighten up.

verbTo cause to be more lively or enthusiastic.

  • elateTo make joyful or proud.
  • heartenTo give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
  • beatifyTo make blissful.
  • enraptureTo fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
  • begladdenTo gladden about or all over; make glad; overjoy.
  • blissenTo make blissful or happy; fill with or impart bliss to.
  • brightOften followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to...
  • cheerTo gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
  • fetch
  • contentTo give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.
  • delightTo give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
  • enblissTo endue or fill with bliss; impart bliss to; make happy.
  • exhilarateTo cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
  • gladdenTo become more glad in one's disposition.
  • gratifyTo please.
  • happifyTo make happy.
  • happyOften followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
  • jollifyTo make jolly.
  • light upTo make happy.
  • make someone's dayTo make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.
  • pleaseTo make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
  • raise someone's spiritsTo make someone feel in a better mood.
  • rejoiceTo make happy, exhilarate.
  • turn the frown upside downTo become or make somebody else happy after being sad.
  • warm someone's heartMake glad.
  • warm the cockles of someone's heartTo provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness.
  • cherish obsoleteTo cheer, to gladden.
  • elevate obsoleteTo lift the spirits of (someone).
  • fain obsoleteTo make (someone) glad; to gladden; hence, to congratulate (someone); to welcome (someone).
  • gay dated
  • gladden someone's heart datedSynonym of warm someone's heart.
  • laetificate rareTo make, or become, happy.
  • upcheer archaicTo cheer up.

verbTo exalt oneself, take on a higher status or position.

Meaning of perk up

  1. verb To become more upright.
  2. verb To become more lively or enthusiastic.
  3. verb To cause to be more upright, straighten up.

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Questions about synonyms of perk up

What is another word for perk up?
Perk up has 40 synonyms on Word.ws, such as please, content, cheer, delight and rise.
What does perk up mean?
Perk up means to become more upright.

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