Synonyms of lightened

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adjective

1

as in lighted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lighted
• illuminated
• brightened
• lit
• dazzling
• shiny
• radiant
• brilliant
• illumined
• sunlit
• sunny
• sunshiny
• cloudless
• clear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heavy
• dull
• clouded
• overcast
• lowering
• cloudy
• darkened
• hazy
• blackened
• dulled
• dim
• dimmed
• dusky
• obscured
• obscure
• misty
• beclouded
• hazed
• murky
• overclouded
• louring
• darksome
• overshadowed
• bedimmed
• befogged
• sunless

2

as in eased

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eased
• decreased
• alleviated
• reduced
• diminished
• subdued
• toned (down)
• moderated
• qualified
• lessened
• abated
• superficial
• light
• shallow
• feeble
• weak
• moderate
• soft

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heavy
• intense
• deep
• intensive
• hard
• terrible
• profound
• acute
• violent
• explosive
• fearful
• dreadful
• fierce
• keen
• exquisite
• ghastly
• furious
• vicious
• frightful
• ferocious
• blistering
• excruciating
• concentrated
• aggravated
• vehement
• heavy-duty
• fearsome
• enhanced
• intensified
• deepened
• magnified
• almighty
• accentuated
• hellacious
• heightened
• emphasized

lightened

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verb (1)

past tense of lighten

as in brightened

to become glad or hopeful

the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brightened
• revived
• glowed
• looked up
• cheered (up)
• perked (up)
• encouraged
• sparkled
• rejoiced
• beamed
• bucked up
• radiated
• gladdened
• heartened
• livened (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkened
• saddened
• despaired
• brooded
• fretted
• desponded
• moped

lightened

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verb (2)

past tense of lighten

as in illumined

to supply with light

the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumined
• lighted
• illuminated
• brightened
• lit
• bathed
• irradiated
• shined
• beaconed
• highlighted
• illumed
• shone
• glowed
• beat (down)
• emblazed
• beamed
• glistened
• burnt
• radiated
• gleamed
• ignited
• kindled
• dazzled
• spotlighted
• blinded
• glittered
• haloed
• floodlighted
• glared
• blazed
• incinerated
• enhaloed
• burned
• spotlit
• floodlit
• dazed
• fired
• flamed
• bedazzled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkened
• blackened
• dimmed
• obscured
• dulled
• covered
• obfuscated
• veiled
• shrouded
• extinguished
• quenched
• put out
• doused
• snuffed (out)
• dowsed