Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lightening up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables
light-en-ing up
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of lighten up

Questions

What does lightening up mean?
present participle and gerund of lighten up

How to pronounce lightening up

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