Words and phrases that have a meaning related to brightening: (134 results)
Often used in the same context:
Also try:darkening, brighter, gloomy, dimming, sprucing, bleak, sunnier, perking, rosier, cheerier, shining, lightened, dreary, freshening, sparkle, glow, rejuvenating, gloom, glum, fading, radiance, grim, improving, cloudy, softening, twinkling, spiffing, jazzing, clouding, dewdrops, bluer, dapples, beautifying, gleams, flickering, golden glow, shimmer, dampening, buoying, grayness, coppery, cheerful, drooping, starlike, buoyant, peachy, prettying, glimmered, glary, aglitter, yellower, stabilizing, sunless, alpenglow, firming, bronzy, orangish, trailing arbutus, lighting, aglow, dour, glistens, chillier, refreshes, boosting, concealers, changing, glints, hazy, wintry, slowing, gazing, restful, quickening, blooming, darker, christmasy, blacker, cheerless, sulphurs, sunshine, whitened, dismal, worsening, dewy, dusks, drear, speckle, illuminating, balsamroot, depressing, autumnal, candlemas day, altering, luminous, solarize, drying, opalescence, bluish, ruddy, tannish, brightness, easing, lightening, tightening, reddening, stiffening, lessening, obscuration, weakening, diminution, blackening, slackening, subsidence, upturn, waning, yielding, alleviation, unclouded, bright, cloudless, misty, frosty, wan, clouded, dim, radiant, overcast, paling, roseate, rosy, bleary, brilliant, ashen
— Adjectives for brightening: sudden, general, little, gradual, slight, optical, momentary, rapid, daily, initial, faint, more...
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