as in brightened
to become glad or hopeful
the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment
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as in illumined
to supply with light
the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun
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as in lighted
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as in eased
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightened
Adjective
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Love planet Venus will enter Leo on Aug. 25, adding a dazzling burst of glamour and passion, followed by harmonious aspects to Saturn, Uranus and Neptune on Aug. 25 and 26, making romantic themes equally grounding and liberating.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
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Leonor paired the shimmering suit with a patent clutch, pointed heels, and a dazzling pair of diamond earrings borrowed from her mother’s jewelry box.—
Ben Jureidini,
Glamour,
5 Aug. 2025
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Should consumer stress spike, those shiny forward-flow lines could test their break clauses quickly.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Edita would stop by unannounced to remind them of this, pulling up in her shiny black Escalade, barking orders, and pinching their biceps with a precise and acrylic force that even Evie could feel.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The bank also published a subdued note from chief economist Jan Hatzius that forecast U.S. GDP growth would be only 1% in the second half of the year.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
4 Aug. 2025
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Over the past three months, Trump has been engaged in multiple rounds of saber-rattling and often intense negotiations with U.S. trading partners that have jangled nerves but nonetheless coincided with a subdued but solid pace of economic growth.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 July 2025
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The book details how Brown transformed her own trauma into something radiant—and how creativity became her form of prayer.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Only an actor with immense imagination and charisma can take on Hedda Gabler, and in Katie’s radiant and powerful performance, Globe audiences are going to witness something rare and special.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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That's the only way to honor the spirit of the brilliant, elusive Parker.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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What might seem a perverse choice reveals itself, over Dry Leaf’s epic length, as a brilliant thematic gesture that elicits its own temporal register.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Lightened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightened. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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