LEAVENED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

leavened

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past tense of leaven

as in enlivened

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The book is enlivened by Andersen’s gift for satire, which plays up the comic potential of ideological extremes.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Neighborhood Roppongi has long been a haven for expats, and the creation of Roppongi Hills two decades ago has further enlivened the area with luxury boutiques, apartments, restaurants and a compelling holiday illumination.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of enlivened

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Latin Salt is Pisqueya’s signature creation - a blend of sea salt and black pepper infused with Caribbean oregano, a distinctive, aromatic herb sourced from regenerative farms in the Dominican Republic.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Yost’s position forced Notre Dame to play a national schedule and infused the program with its independent DNA.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of infused

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Krieps can’t help but respect Murphy for the unshackled nature with which his female characters are imbued.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
The dwelling has evolved over the years as Jenner has matured and trends have shifted, now imbued with warm neutrals and an air of serenity rather than bold jolts of energy.

— Architectural Digest, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of imbued

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That question has long animated Benjamin Levine, NASA’s top consulting cardiologist.

— Amanda Erickson, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026
The eighteenth century was an age not only of revolution and empire but also of enlightenment animated by the idea of progress—political, scientific, economic, technological, and moral.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of animated

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After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.

— Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

Definition of suffused

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When we are inoculated against a disease, we are exposed to a small, harmless dose of something dangerous.

— Rebecca Stafford, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Each year, about 100,000 people in the United States are inoculated with the rabies vaccine after being exposed to the disease, the CDC said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of inoculated

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