Meaning & use
uplift
To improve someone's mood, spirits, or condition, making them feel happier or more hopeful.
See it in a sentence
Her encouraging words uplifted the exhausted runners near the finish line.
Community programs aim to uplift struggling neighborhoods through education and jobs.
A note on using this word
Uplift can be both a verb meaning to raise spirits and a noun for the resulting boost, as in an economic uplift.
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Words with an opposite meaning
discouragedepress
Another way to use it
2. noun
An improvement or boost in mood, status, or condition.
The tax cut gave a modest uplift to household spending that spring.
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