mood lift

Emotional pick-me-up

A mood lift is an improvement in emotional state, a shift from feeling low or neutral to feeling better.

The phrase often describes what provides this effect: Coffee is my morning mood lift.

The sunny weather gave everyone a mood lift.

Something that lifts your spirits.

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elation · cloud nine · joy · sunshine · good vibes · smile · lightness · happy · happy place · endorphins · buoyant · glow · warmth · relief · energized · hopeful · ray of hope · radiant

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Opposites
emotional direction

mood liftdowner

Dispiriting experience or thing

mood killer · buzzkill · deflation · bringing down · funk

affective valence

mood liftdepression

Prolonged low state

gloom · despondency · dejection · melancholy · despair

psychological effect

mood liftdepression

Prolonged low state

despondency · dejection · demoralization · discouragement · dispiriting

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G