UNBRIGHT Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

unbright

adjective

Definition of unbright

as in unbrilliant

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Adjective

The offense, led by Darian Mensah (18/21, 253 yards, three touchdowns) and Malachi Toney (10 catches, 182 yards, two touchdowns), has dominated even if the run game has been lackluster.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Women outperform Friday’s report offers the latest signal of how much momentum women are gaining in an otherwise lackluster job market.

— Alex Harring,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of lackluster

Adjective

Despite my awareness of this image, there was also the dim sense that her kind of glamorous feminism didn’t directly apply to the kind my grandmothers had needed.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Instead of lying down and trying to force yourself to hit the sack, Harris says to get up and do a quiet activity in the dim light.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of dim

Adjective

This trend has been pretty pervasive among designer bags recently, with shoppers buying new Prada and Chanel bags with darkened leather to give them a used look, or sourcing vintage Celine bags with obvious signs of wear.

— Irene Richardson, InStyle, 2 July 2026
She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Definition of darkened

Adjective

Her humdrum life gives way to beach bonfires at sunset (lensed by Tudor Vladimir Panduru and Fabian Gamper in stunning dusky blues and pinks) and skinny-dipping in the river.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Species like white sharks, dusky sharks and sand tiger sharks are known to hunt in shallow water near shore.

— Heather McCarron, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of dusky

Adjective

Across Britain, where the sun was more than 90% obscured, people flocked to hilltop parks and anywhere with an open view of the sky to see the best eclipse since 1999.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
On this year’s summer solstice, a group of volunteers gathered to tend to the obscured orchard atop one of the Figueroa Street Tunnels.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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