What are some opposite words for buoy up?
Antonyms for buoy upbuoy up
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term buoy up.
Princeton's WordNet
lighten, lighten up, buoy upverb
become more cheerful
"after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
Synonyms:
relieve, lighten, lighten up, brighten, buoylighten, lighten up, buoy upverb
make more cheerful
"the conversation lightened me up a bit"
Synonyms:
relieve, lighten, lighten up, brighten, buoybuoy, buoy upverb
keep afloat
"The life vest buoyed him up"
Synonyms:
lighten up, lighten, buoy
How to use buoy up in a sentence?
The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.
If privatization fails to buoy up the economy, then let's be put in record now only who would or should be penalized
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