Crossword-Solution: BRIGHTEN 8 letters, 59 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 14

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Word Word Type Definition
Brighten a. To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase
the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
Brighten a. To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster
or splendor to.
Brighten a. To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing
that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful;
as, to brighten one's prospects.
Brighten a. To make acute or witty; to enliven.
Brighten v. i. To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or
gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.

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BRIGHTEN anagram BERTHING

We have 59 clues for the answer “BRIGHTEN”

Clue Answers
make or become bright or brighter 1 answer
Make more colorful 1 answer
make lighter or brighter 2 answers
Remove drapes from, as a room 2 answers
DISCOLOUR (ant.) 3 answers
MAKE lustrous 9 answers
LOWER (ant.) 10 answers
furbish 11 answers
Burnish 14 answers
tart up 15 answers
Reassure 19 answers
Jazz (up) 24 answers
Cheer (up) 25 answers
CONSOLE ___ 26 answers
Lighten 26 answers
Gladden 27 answers
illumine 28 answers
Gild 30 answers
Elate 31 answers
make vigorous 33 answers
Disburden 38 answers
flare 38 answers
Uplift 38 answers
Bleach 38 answers
irradiate 38 answers
Enlighten 42 answers
Elucidate 43 answers
MAKE less dense 44 answers
MAKE plain 44 answers
make glossy 45 answers
make lively 45 answers
Unburden 47 answers
Doll up 47 answers
make glad 47 answers
whiten 48 answers
clarify 50 answers
make clear 50 answers
ACT like a tonic 50 answers
MAKE enthusiastic 51 answers
Hearten 52 answers
MAKE keen 52 answers
Make Happy 54 answers
inspirit 55 answers
Glamorise 55 answers
MAKE lighter 57 answers
Applaud 57 answers
explain 57 answers
Glow 59 answers
Dazzle 59 answers
Refresh 62 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BRIGHTEN (5)

Now, fetch my black silk dress, and see how it sits upon me.” “But you will leave off that, surely, ma’am? You have been a widow-lady fourteen months, and ought to brighten up a little on such a night as this.” “Is it necessary? No; I will appear as usual, for if I were to wear any light dress people would say things about me, and I should seem to be rejoicing when I am solemn all the time.
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1992
The mixture, which was at first of a reddish hue, began, in proportion as the crystals melted, to brighten in colour, to effervesce audibly, and to throw off small fumes of vapour.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 1992
Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the ex-Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its propects somewhat.
The 1993 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1993
Long they stayed, and many a lesson little Eva learned: but when she begged them to go back, they still led her on, saying, “Our work is not yet done; shall we leave so many sad hearts when we may cheer them, so many dark homes that we may brighten? We must stay yet longer, little Eva, and you may learn yet more.” Then they went into a dark and lonely room, and here they found a pale, sad-eyed child, who wept bitter tears over a faded flower.
Flower Fables Louisa May Alcott 1994
Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the ex-Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its prospects somewhat.
The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States Central Intelligence Agency 2008

Quotes with BRIGHTEN (3)

I drink cup of sunlight every morning to brighten myself.
Debasish Mridha
You never know whose tough day you will brighten with a few kind words. Tweet your positivity today!
Amy Leigh Mercree Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life
The people we adore in our lives brighten our days and illuminate our nights.
Amy Leigh Mercree Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life
Where this answer appears

Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT.

Used 3 times in crossword archives (2001–2010).