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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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Etymology of 'Bright'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bright" Quotes from Famous Books

... Venetia, with great energy; 'never; you know not my mother. Was she stern and cold when she visited each night in secret your portrait?' said Venetia, looking round upon her astonished father, with her bright grey eye. 'Was she stern and cold when she wept over your poems, those poems whose characters your own hand had traced? Was she stern and cold when she hung a withered wreath on your bridal bed, the bed to which I owe my miserable being? Oh, no, my father! ...

— Venetia • Benjamin Disraeli

... long swells of the ocean. Upon elevated points upon this road, farm lands and forests could be seen extending in every direction. But there was nothing in the landscape which impressed itself more obtrusively upon the attention of the traveler than the road itself. White in the bright sunlight and gray under the shadows of the clouds, it was the one thing to be seen which seemed to have a decided purpose. Northward or southward, toward the gap in the long line of mountains or toward the wood-encircled town in the valley, it was always ...

— The Captain's Toll-Gate • Frank R. Stockton

... officer is in appearance the least prepossessing of the Confederate generals. He is very thin; he stoops, and has a sickly, cadaverous, haggard appearance, rather plain features, bushy black eyebrows which unite in a tuft on the top of his nose, and a stubby iron-grey beard; but his eyes are bright and piercing. He has the reputation of being a rigid disciplinarian, and of shooting freely for insubordination. I understand he is rather unpopular on this account, and also by reason of his occasional acerbity of manner. He was extremely civil to me, and gave me permission to visit ...

— Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 • Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle

... lowest step of the forecastle ladder and sat fast. Then as we dipped I saw all that they were seeing from the masts and rigging—the yet restless sea with fast-running waves, alternately inky black, and of a strange bright metallic lead-colour, on which the scud as it drove across the moon made queer racing shadows. And it was on this stormy sea that every eye from the captain's to ...

— We and the World, Part II. (of II.) - A Book for Boys • Juliana Horatia Ewing

... Wilbur rose to his feet. He hadn't spoken or touched food since that tragic hour under the reefs two nights before. Without a glance in our direction, he made for the side and stepped ashore. There was a bright light behind him; his form stood out plainly. It had lost the lines of vigor and alertness; it was the figure of a ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

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