as in revived
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as in stimulated
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
in most instances it's a good idea to enliven a speech with a joke or two
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlivened
Adjective
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The Foreman fight sealed his vindication with an exhilarated reception throughout the world.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Walking into that pitch-black space, not seeing anything while having my eyes wide open exhilarated and frightened me.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Looking ahead, Netflix plans to continue integrating major studio films into its library, last October expanding its NBCUniversal deal for animated features and adding U.S. rights to live-action titles from both Universal Pictures and Focus Features.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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This means that the growing international voting bloc is an Oscar force to be reckoned with for animated feature.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Carrier contends that early Christianity began as a purely visionary movement worshipping a celestial figure, an angelic being who took on human flesh to be crucified by Satan, buried, and reborn in the sky.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The premise, as always with this genre, is in the title: A 52-year-old bureaucrat and father has been hit by a truck (classic) and reborn in another world as the teenage villainess of his daughter’s favorite otome game (typically, romance games aimed at women).—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Enlivened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlivened. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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