Word Finder - brighter

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Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.

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Could you please dim the light? It's far too bright.

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Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

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He's very bright. He was able to solve the problem without my help.

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Vivid, colourful, brilliant.

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The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen.

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Happy, in good spirits.

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I woke up today feeling so bright that I decided to have a little dance.

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Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.

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Illustrious; glorious.

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Clear; transparent.

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Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.

The lid and mouth of the pitcher are brighter coloured than the rest of the leaf, which FIG.

Chaumette's career had its brighter side.

The fire flared brighter, lighting up his body.

The colors were more intense, brighter, the air filled with the perfume of flowers.

The woman radiated cold power, her eyes brighter than even Xander's.

Outside, there was the same cold stillness and the same moon, but even brighter than before.

It took two full revolutions before he saw it, a mortal gateway that pulsed brighter than the others, beckoning him.

As before, one of the yellow doors glowed brighter than the others.

And really, that evening, Sonya was brighter, more animated, and prettier than Nicholas had ever seen her before.

One of them was brighter than the others, as if trying to draw her attention.

His eyes burned brighter, and he gave her a dark smile that sent chills through her.

His eyes were brighter than the moon, greener than any gem she'd ever dreamt of.

The position-angles of double stars are reckoned from north through east, the brighter star being taken as origin.

The stars composing this all have equal and parallel motions; about 40 stars brighter than the seventh magnitude are known to belong to it.

The clothes looked far brighter after their first washing in a century.

This effect is enhanced by the light being brighter as we approach the sun.

At the Olmutz review he had seemed more majestic; here he seemed brighter and more energetic.

Alternations of the brighter colours are also displayed in the feathers of the throat, breast and tail-coverts, so as to be in like manner characteristic of the species, and in several the bare space round the eye is yellow, green, blue or lilac. The sexes are alike in coloration, the males being largest.

Those from the west are larger than the average, with more fur of a brighter tone.

Meanwhile from 1692 onwards brighter prospects were opened out to the unfortunate Belgians by the nomination by the Spanish king of Maximilian Emanuel, elector of Bavaria, to be governorgeneral with well-nigh sovereign powers.

The ordinary colour of aurora is white, usually with a distinct yellow tint in the brighter forms, but silvery white when the light is faint.

As a rule married women wear brighter colours than unmarried ones.

These stars include most of the brighter ones visible in the latitude of Greenwich, ranging down to about the seventh magnitude.

There is no a priori reason to expect the same result from the different classes of stars, such as the brighter or fainter, northern or southern, nearer or more distant, Solar type or Sirian stars.

The result of course only applies to the brighter stars, for we have very little knowledge of the spectra 'of stars fainter than about magnitude 7.5.

Bacon's services to the king's cause had been most important; and as he had, at the same time, acquired great favour with Villiers, his prospects looked brighter than before.

The Black God tensed simultaneously, and Darian's eyes glowed brighter.

Fate lit up the corner in which he stood brighter than the black fire could her room.

The silver of her eyes grew brighter and swirled faster, mesmerizing Jessi.

On the brighter side, my mother was highly allergic to cats.

On the brighter side, my pest problems would be over if I filled the entire basement with CO2.

Married in days of December's cheer, Love's star shines brighter from year to year.

A gray region surrounded by a dark area looks brighter than the same gray surrounded by a light region.

Another craft, and brighter, may stem the raging gale, Thy plea of sixty winters, old friend, can never fail.

They failed to make much headway in the early stages, with Boro making the brighter start.

The amber color reduces the spectrum of light that the flying insects can see, thus sending them to a brighter source of light.

The upbeat mood of the markets in recent months has been based around brighter economic news from around the world.

As fleet as the bloom of May, Your dreams of a brighter morrow, Your hopes have they passed away?

The day remained overcast with further light showers between brighter spells.

And the visitors started the brighter, taking the lead in 100 seconds and dominating the opening ten minutes with slick passing.

G is brighter but also more strident and some hold it to be too raucous.

The second category of energizing colors is the brighter, but not dark, reds.

No one is saying that a brighter sound or more reverb equals better production.

The photo to the right shows a rather worn male, the females being slightly brighter.

He may have The younger Forster remarked that the birds of Norfolk Island, though believed by the other naturalists of Cook's ship to be generally the same as those of New Zealand, were distinguished by their brighter colouring (see also Nestor).

From 1848 to 1878 it was but with few interruptions employed for observations of nebulae (see Nebula); and many previously unknown features in these objects were revealed by it, especially the similarity of "annular" and "planetary" nebulae, and the remarkable "spiral" configuration prevailing in many of the brighter nebulae.

The confused reign of Stephen was naturally favourable to the development of Cymric liberty, and with such strong princes as Owen, son of Griffith ap Cynan, heir to the throne of Gwynedd, and with Griffith ap Rhys ruling at Dynevor, the prospects of the Cymry grew brighter.

Yet this number, although it represents a portentous expenditure of labour, is insignificant compared with the multitude of the stellar throng; nor had any general tendency been discerned to regulate what seemed casual flittings until Professor Kapteyn, in 1904, adverted to the prevalence among all the brighter stars of opposite streamflows towards two " vertices " situated in the Milky Way (see Star).

On the brighter side, was back on the pub quiz trail last Monday.

These make great wall colors and work as a lovely background to brighter more bold colors.