Word.ws English Dictionary

overbrightening

overbrightening is the present participle and gerund of overbrighten.

Meaning of overbrighten

Verb

overbrighten (third-person singular simple present overbrightens, present participle overbrightening, simple past and past participle overbrightened)

  1. (transitive) To brighten excessively.

Questions about overbrightening

What is overbrightening the present participle and gerund of?
Overbrightening is the present participle and gerund of overbrighten.

Words near overbrightening in the dictionary

  1. overbridgings
  2. overbrief
  3. overbright
  4. overbrighten
  5. overbrightened
  6. overbrightening
  7. overbrightens
  8. overbrightly
  9. overbrightness
  10. overbrilliance
  11. overbrilliancy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: overbrightening (page history and authors); overbrighten (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “overbrightening.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/overbrightening. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.