brightened

Meaning

of Brighten

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bright lit sunny starlit illuminated burnished clarified irradiated rejoiced enlivened unbleached furbished

Antonyms

darkling stygian dark faded masked shaded
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Phrases with the word

brightened up

Examples

A comet called C/2019 Y4 Atlas has brightened at a surprising rate, and may be visible by unaided eye by the end of the month. Source: Internet

After his soul had left the tabernacle of the body, his face still continued ruddy, and brightened in a wonderful way by his vision of the angels, and that to such a degree that he had the appearance, not so much of one dead, as of one alive and sleeping. Source: Internet

A mental sunburst brightened their minds. Source: Internet

Berg (2004) p. 75. Richard Garland of the New York World-Telegram wrote, "It's been many a night since so glowing a performance has brightened the Broadway scene." Source: Internet

By 1871 he had met and befriended most of the major Pre-Raphaelite painters and it was in part due to their influence that the artist brightened his palette, varied his hues, and lightened his brushwork. Source: Internet

Fortunately, his mood brightened considerably that evening, as he tucked into a magnificent slab of prime rib prepared by the Astronomer’s Good Wife at the Nininger estate. Source: Internet