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brighten up

/ˈbɹaɪtən ʌp/US/ˈbɹaɪ̯ʔn̩ ʌp/

brighten up verb: to become brighter.

Verb

brighten up (third-person singular simple present brightens up, present participle brightening up, simple past and past participle brightened up)

  1. (intransitive) To become brighter
  2. (transitive) To make cheerful.
    • Her kindness brightened up my day.
    • You can brighten up a room by hanging new wallpaper.
  3. (intransitive) To become more attractive.

brighten up meaning in Odia

brighten up in Odia

to brighten up
ଜାଗିବା jāgibā

Forms of brighten up

third-person singular presentbrightens up
present participlebrightening up
past participlebrightened up
pastbrightened up

Questions about brighten up

What does brighten up mean?
Brighten up means to become brighter.
What is brighten up in Odia?
Brighten up in Odia is ଜାଗିବା (jāgibā). See Brighten up meaning in Odia.
What part of speech is brighten up?
Brighten up is a verb.
How do you pronounce brighten up?
Brighten up is pronounced /ˈbɹaɪtən ʌp/.
What is the past tense of brighten up?
The past tense of brighten up is brightened up.

Words near brighten up in the dictionary

  1. Brightbill
  2. Brightbills
  3. brighted
  4. brightedst
  5. brighten
  6. brighten up
  7. brightenable
  8. brightened
  9. brightened up
  10. brightener
  11. brighteners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brighten up (page history and authors); ଜାଗିବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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