All lighten antonyms

verb lighten

• expand — explain
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
• dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• dispirit — to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
• dim — DIM statement
• burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
• weigh down — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
• bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• blacken — To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• intensify — to make intense or more intense.
• worsen — Make or become worse.
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
• irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
• strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
• add — ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
• provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.