Bright
[braɪt]
Definition
(adj.) full or promise; 'had a bright future in publishing'; 'the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career'; 'a hopeful new singer on Broadway' .
(adj.) having lots of light either natural or artificial; 'the room was bright and airy'; 'a stage bright with spotlights' .
(adj.) emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; 'the sun was bright and hot'; 'a bright sunlit room' .
(adj.) having striking color; 'bright dress'; 'brilliant tapestries'; 'a bird with vivid plumage' .
(adj.) splendid; 'the bright stars of stage and screen'; 'a bright moment in history'; 'the bright pageantry of court' .
(adj.) characterized by happiness or gladness; 'bright faces'; 'all the world seems bright and gay' .
(adj.) characterized by quickness and ease in learning; 'some children are brighter in one subject than another'; 'smart children talk earlier than the average' .
(adj.) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; 'bright silver candlesticks'; 'a burnished brass knocker'; 'she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves'; 'rows of shining glasses'; 'shiny black patents' .
(adj.) clear and sharp and ringing; 'the bright sound of the trumpet section'; 'the brilliant sound of the trumpets' .
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Definition
(v. i.) See Brite, v. i.
(a.) Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.
(a.) Transmitting light; clear; transparent.
(a.) Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty.
(a.) Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
(a.) Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.
(a.) Illustrious; glorious.
(a.) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
(a.) Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.
(n.) Splendor; brightness.
(adv.) Brightly.
(v. t.) To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid, beamy, silvery, argent.[2]. Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, limpid.[3]. Illustrious, glorious, famous.[4]. Acute, ingenious, discerning, keen, INTELLIGENT.[5]. Auspicious, promising, propitious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shining, brilliant, burnished, luminous, lucid, sparkling, limpid, clever,happy, witty, joyous, cheerful, radiant
ANT:Opaque, dull, dead, muddy, stupid, slow, sullen, dejected, cheerless, joyless,imbecile
Checker: Muriel
Definition
adj. shining: full of light: clear: beautiful: cheerful: clever: illustrious.—adv. (Shak.) brightly: clearly.—v.t. Bright′en to make bright or brighter.—v.i. to grow bright or brighter: to clear up.—adv. Bright′ly.—n. Bright′ness.—adj. Bright′some bright: brilliant.
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Examples
- The old woman's face was wrinkled; her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip; and her eyes were bright and piercing. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The men and women in the Cave Colony suddenly found that one bright-eyed young fellow, with a little straighter forehead than the others, was beating them all at hunting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He seems a very bright pleasant little fellow. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Whether of questionable childishness or not in any other matters, Mr. Skimpole had a child's enjoyment of change and bright weather. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Give us a couple of hundreds--come, that's modest--and I'll go away--honor bright! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In the window, where a little of the bright summer evening sky could shine upon her, Little Dorrit stood, and read. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In less than an hour poor Fanny opened her eyes and fixed them on me with a bright smile, expressive of the purest happiness. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She had her queer, radiant, breathless manner, as if confused by the actual world, unreal to it, having a complete bright world of her self alone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On the bright hill-sides was a subdued smoulder of gorse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- What a bright idea! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I thought her, then, still more colourless and thin than when I had seen her last; the flashing eyes still brighter, and the scar still plainer. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- So, the Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But Egdon will be brighter again now. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The moon also was nearer and brighter in those days and had a changing face. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many that want food and clothing have cheerier lives and brighter prospects than she had; many, harassed by poverty, are in a strait less afflictive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The lines are much clearer, and the color brighter. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Sometimes brighter visions rise before me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Then it soared higher, and grew broader and brighter. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You belong to much brighter and better scenes. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The simple candle of our ancestors was now replaced by the oil lamp, which gave a brighter, steadier, and more permanent illumination. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And yet some of the brightest intellects of the century have been engaged in devising means to accomplish the result, and all are not yet agreed as to which is the best way. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The waters of this placid subterranean lake are the brightest, loveliest blue that can be imagined. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Besides, it's the brightest time of the whole day. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The Electric Light is the brightest meteor that has flashed across the horizon of promise during the present century. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This was the happy side of the house, for the south and east looked rather melancholy even under the brightest morning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Thenlooking up, have I seen in the sky a head amidst circling stars, of which the midmost and the brightest lent a ray sympathetic and attent. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green; and shed her richest perfumes abroad. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He is a brilliant fellow when he chooses to work--one of the brightest intellects of the university; but he is wayward, dissipated, and unprincipled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They look forward to marriage with some one they love as the brightest, the only bright destiny that can await them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This day I give this house its little mistress; and before God, it is the brightest day in all my life! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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