1 to become or make sth lighter or brighter in colour:
[V] In the distance, the sky was beginning to brighten. * [VN] a shampoo to brighten and condition your hair
2 ~ (sth) (up) to become, feel or look happier; to make sb look happier:
[V] Her eyes brightened. * He brightened up at their words of encouragement. * [VN] A smile brightened her face.
3 ~ (sth) (up) to become or make sth become more pleasant, enjoyable or hopeful:
[VN] A personal letter will usually brighten up a person's day. [also V]
4 [VN] ~ sth (up) to make sth look more colourful and attractive:
Fresh flowers will brighten up any room in the house.
5 [V] ~ (up) (of the weather) to improve and become brighter:
According to the forecast, it should brighten up later.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for brighten is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is brighten a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, brighten is tagged as verb.
Does brighten appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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