perk (sb) up
— phrasal verb with perk uk/pɜːk/us/pɝːk/verb [ I or T ] informal
to become or cause someone to become happier, more energetic, or more active:
She perked up as soon as I mentioned that Charles was coming to dinner.
He perked up at the news.
Would you like a cup of coffee? It might perk you up.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking pleasure in something
- bask
- bask in sth
- bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
- be a glutton for punishment idiom
- be a great one for sth idiom
- drool
- ecstasy
- glory
- glutton
- have a ball idiom
- have a field day idiom
- have a rare old time idiom
- hedonic
- lap
- revel
- revel in sth
- ride (on) a wave of sth idiom
- self-indulgent
- slake
- soak
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