Chapter Branchiæ to Brighten of B by Soule's Synonymes

5. Auspicious, cheering, promising, propitious, encouraging, favorable, enlivening, inspiriting, exhilarating, inspiring.

6. Merry, lively, cheerful, cheery, happy, sprightly, genial, smiling, pleasant, animated, vivacious.

Bright, n. Brightness, light, splendor, effulgence, sheen, radiance, lustre, luminosity, luminousness.

Brighten, v. a.

1. Polish, burnish, furbish, make bright, illuminate, illumine, illume, irradiate.

2. Make cheerful, make joyous, cheer, animate, enliven, encourage, hearten, exhilarate, inspirit, inspire.

Brighten, v. n. Grow bright or brighter, clear, clear up, improve, grow better, become more encouraging.