Brighten
verb
To add light or color, to make more bright.
She chose yellow curtains to brighten up the room.
Often appears as...
- brighten up
- brighten the room
verb
To become or make happier or more cheerful.
Her smile brightened the whole room.
Often appears as...
- brighten the day
- brighten up
verb
To improve or enhance the quality or value of something.
Adding some extra details can brighten your assignment.
Often appears as...
- brighten the future
- brighten prospects
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make or become more lively or interesting.
The arrival of the guests brightened the atmosphere.
Often appears as...
- brighten the atmosphere
- brighten the party
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To add light or color, to make more bright.
She chose yellow curtains to brighten up the room.
Often appears as...
- brighten up
- brighten the room
verb
To become or make happier or more cheerful.
Her smile brightened the whole room.
Often appears as...
- brighten the day
- brighten up
verb
To improve or enhance the quality or value of something.
Adding some extra details can brighten your assignment.
Often appears as...
- brighten the future
- brighten prospects
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make or become more lively or interesting.
The arrival of the guests brightened the atmosphere.
Often appears as...
- brighten the atmosphere
- brighten the party
Usage tips
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Spatial Enhancement
Used to describe changes in appearance, not just light, making spaces feel more welcoming.
Fresh flowers can brighten any living space.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Contrast
Involves visual elements that stand out against their surroundings, attracting attention.
A bright tablecloth will brighten the dim kitchen.
Pro Tip 3/3Mood Association
Can imply a positive shift in mood due to environmental changes, like lighting.
Strategic lighting can brighten a room and lift spirits.
Pro Tip 1/3Spatial Enhancement
Used to describe changes in appearance, not just light, making spaces feel more welcoming.
Fresh flowers can brighten any living space.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Contrast
Involves visual elements that stand out against their surroundings, attracting attention.
A bright tablecloth will brighten the dim kitchen.
Pro Tip 3/3Mood Association
Can imply a positive shift in mood due to environmental changes, like lighting.
Strategic lighting can brighten a room and lift spirits.
Pro Tip 1/3Spatial Enhancement
Used to describe changes in appearance, not just light, making spaces feel more welcoming.
Fresh flowers can brighten any living space.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Contrast
Involves visual elements that stand out against their surroundings, attracting attention.
A bright tablecloth will brighten the dim kitchen.
Pro Tip 3/3Mood Association
Can imply a positive shift in mood due to environmental changes, like lighting.
Strategic lighting can brighten a room and lift spirits.
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
the left-hand line it's is where that rainbow will roughly be there it is this so money is trying to kind of get it it's not bright bright bright but hopefully it will brighten up and strengthen a little bit and then don't you think it will be absolutely beautiful to have rainbow lines in the
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Andrew Connolly: What's...
exploding, brightening and then fading from view, each one of these supernovae five billion times the brightness of our sun, so we can see them to great distances but only for a short amount of time. Ten supernova per second explode somewhere in our universe.
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Don't Let the Bedbugs...
anticoagulant so your vital life essence will gush freely from your veins and here's a cheery fact a bedbug can drink three times its weight in a single meal talk about your big gulp here's something else to brighten your day if
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Bed Bugs PIPE National...
will gush freely from your veins and here's a cheery fact a bedbug can drink three times its weight in a single meal talk about your big gulp here's something else to brighten your day if you've got a serious infestation you
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A day in the life of an...
As the sunlight brightens the Nile, Peseshet checks her supplies. Honey, garlic, cumin, acacia leaves, cedar oil. She’s well stocked with the essentials she needs to treat her patients. Peseshet is a swnw, or a doctor.
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What if you could help...
that literally and figuratively brightened up public spaces. But they addressed a more important problem. Young people were being criminalized and pulled into the justice system for putting their art on walls.
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An ode to the joys of...
that was digital and you could click the page and it will brighten up in the dark all those things are amazing but we don't know if they'll happen and that's the beauty of the future we don't whoops sorry
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Working Dogs PIPE National...
everyday life they play diverse roles as livestock herders rescuers sled pullers and even work to brighten the lives of the elderly and disabled early on in our relationship dogs found a role within
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Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
James also knows him oh nice to see old fix what are the best smiles on any human being I've ever met my life this is one way to brighten a day just see fixin and that big toothy grin of his
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
the pressure of the eyes how they brighten the mood by seeing such what life for such animals look at the size of the horns of a kudu as he walks away there
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
the left-hand line it's is where that rainbow will roughly be there it is this so money is trying to kind of get it it's not bright bright bright but hopefully it will brighten up and strengthen a little bit and then don't you think it will be absolutely beautiful to have rainbow lines in the
Video examples
Andrew Connolly: What's...
exploding, brightening and then fading from view, each one of these supernovae five billion times the brightness of our sun, so we can see them to great distances but only for a short amount of time. Ten supernova per second explode somewhere in our universe.
Video examples
Don't Let the Bedbugs...
anticoagulant so your vital life essence will gush freely from your veins and here's a cheery fact a bedbug can drink three times its weight in a single meal talk about your big gulp here's something else to brighten your day if
Video examples
Bed Bugs PIPE National...
will gush freely from your veins and here's a cheery fact a bedbug can drink three times its weight in a single meal talk about your big gulp here's something else to brighten your day if you've got a serious infestation you
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
As the sunlight brightens the Nile, Peseshet checks her supplies. Honey, garlic, cumin, acacia leaves, cedar oil. She’s well stocked with the essentials she needs to treat her patients. Peseshet is a swnw, or a doctor.
Video examples
What if you could help...
that literally and figuratively brightened up public spaces. But they addressed a more important problem. Young people were being criminalized and pulled into the justice system for putting their art on walls.
Video examples
An ode to the joys of...
that was digital and you could click the page and it will brighten up in the dark all those things are amazing but we don't know if they'll happen and that's the beauty of the future we don't whoops sorry
Video examples
Working Dogs PIPE National...
everyday life they play diverse roles as livestock herders rescuers sled pullers and even work to brighten the lives of the elderly and disabled early on in our relationship dogs found a role within
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
James also knows him oh nice to see old fix what are the best smiles on any human being I've ever met my life this is one way to brighten a day just see fixin and that big toothy grin of his
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
the pressure of the eyes how they brighten the mood by seeing such what life for such animals look at the size of the horns of a kudu as he walks away there
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Jan Schakowsky
American Politician
Investing in women at home and abroad strengthens families, uplifts our children, improves health, makes communities and countries more peaceful, and brightens our collective future. Where women have equality, security, and the opportunity to live, work, and prosper, their families and societies are better off.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament.
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Grace Hightower
American Celebrity
I'll give you my routine, my morning ritual: I get up, I do a bit of stretching, and then after showering and everything, I have a half cup of warm lemon water. I've been doing that forever. I love it. It just brightens everything for me.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.
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Jin
South Korean Musician
I love sheet masks. I try to put them on whenever I feel my skin is dry and exposed too much to the sun. They help me make up for lost moisture and brighten my skin.
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Freeman Dyson
American Physicist
The technologies that raise the fewest ethical problems are those that work on a human scale, brightening the lives of individual people.
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Robert Staughton Lynd
American Sociologist
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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James Gates Percival
American Poet
There are moments of life that we never forget, which brighten and brighten as time steals away.
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Isaac Asimov
American Scientist
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
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Jan Schakowsky
American Politician
Investing in women at home and abroad strengthens families, uplifts our children, improves health, makes communities and countries more peaceful, and brightens our collective future. Where women have equality, security, and the opportunity to live, work, and prosper, their families and societies are better off.
Quote examples
Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament.
Quote examples
Grace Hightower
American Celebrity
I'll give you my routine, my morning ritual: I get up, I do a bit of stretching, and then after showering and everything, I have a half cup of warm lemon water. I've been doing that forever. I love it. It just brightens everything for me.
Quote examples
John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.
Quote examples
Jin
South Korean Musician
I love sheet masks. I try to put them on whenever I feel my skin is dry and exposed too much to the sun. They help me make up for lost moisture and brighten my skin.
Quote examples
Freeman Dyson
American Physicist
The technologies that raise the fewest ethical problems are those that work on a human scale, brightening the lives of individual people.
Quote examples
Robert Staughton Lynd
American Sociologist
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
Quote examples
James Gates Percival
American Poet
There are moments of life that we never forget, which brighten and brighten as time steals away.
Quote examples
Isaac Asimov
American Scientist
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
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