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Adjective enlivening has 1 sense
- animating, enlivening - giving spirit and vivacity
Antonym: debilitating (indirect, via invigorating)
Verb enliven has 2 senses
- inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt - heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
--1 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate - make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
--2 is one way to stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
Antonyms: deaden, blunt
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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