All make light of antonyms

verb make light of

• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
• lengthen — to make longer; make greater in length.
• prolong — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
• build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
• compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
• laud — to praise; extol.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• overrate — to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
• raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
• strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
• develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• commend — If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
• maximize — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
• overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
• heed — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
• notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
• respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
• note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
• admire — If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
• cherish — If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time.
• welcome — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
• guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
• nurture — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• accomplish — If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
• achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
• complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
• attend — If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
• regard — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
• pay attention — be attentive
• recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
• like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
• love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
• flatter — to make flat.
• concern — Concern is worry about a situation.
• take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
• watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
• do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
• remember — to recall to the mind by an act or effort of memory; think of again: I'll try to remember the exact date.
• honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
• get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• follow — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.