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Bright   /braɪt/   Listen
adjective
Bright  adj.  
1.
Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. "The sun was bright o'erhead." "The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright." "The public places were as bright as at noonday."
2.
Transmitting light; clear; transparent. "From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent."
3.
Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty. "Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky."
4.
Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
5.
Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery. "Be bright and jovial among your guests."
6.
Illustrious; glorious. "In the brightest annals of a female reign."
7.
Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain. "That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on."
8.
Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance. "Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew." Note: Bright is used in composition in the sense of brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.; as, bright-eyed, bright-haired, bright-hued.
bright side the positive or favorable aspects of a situation.
to look on the bright side to focus the attention on favorable aspects of a situation; to minimize attention to possible negative or unfavorable factors in a situation.
Synonyms: Shining; splending; luminous; lustrous; brilliant; resplendent; effulgent; refulgent; radiant; sparkling; glittering; lucid; beamy; clear; transparent; illustrious; witty; clear; vivacious; sunny.



noun
Bright  n.  Splendor; brightness. (Poetic) "Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear."



verb
Bright, Brite  v. t.  To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. (Prov. Eng.)



Bright  v. i.  See Brite, v. i.



adverb
Bright  adv.  Brightly. "I say it is the moon that shines so bright."






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"Bright" Quotes from Famous Books



... the wilderness of the world, and now she has become the bright new star of our better destinies! We must ...
— The Co-Citizens • Corra Harris

... occupied had been held that morning by the Germans, and the trenches and fields were strewn with their accoutrement. So all the French soldiers who were not serving the guns wandered about seeking souvenirs. They had never a glance for the villages burning crimson in the bright sunight or for the ...
— With the Allies • Richard Harding Davis

... not weep any longer but follow my directions. Go into your garden and lift up the little marble slab at the foot of the great myrtle tree. You will find beneath it a crystal vase filled with a bright green liquid. Take it with you and place the thing which is at present most in your thoughts into a bath filled with roses and rub it well with ...
— The Yellow Fairy Book • Various

... all the beaches, sow-thistles, virgin's bower, vanelloe, French willow, euphorbia, and crane's-bill; also cudweed, rushes, bull-rushes, flax, all-heal, American nightshade, knot-grass, brambles, eye-bright, and groundsel; but the species of each are different from any we have in Europe. There is also polypody, spleenwort, and about twenty other different sort of ferns, entirely peculiar to the place, with several sorts of mosses, either rare, ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 15 (of 18) • Robert Kerr

... could run everywhere, and he was the brightest, the sharpest, the merriest little fellow that ever kept a respectable cat in trouble with his escapades. That sharp nose of his was everywhere at once, it seemed to me, and those bright eyes were peering into every corner in search of mischief. He trotted about the house with a swaggering impudence, and went to bed in one of the Colonel's shoes if he liked, or played hide and seek in father's hat when ...
— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various


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