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unbrightened

unbrightened adjective: not having been brightened.

Adjective

unbrightened (not comparable)

  1. Not having been brightened.
    • Unloved, and uncaressed, her childhood unbrightened by the sunny mirth of that age, her girlhood a gloomy period of austere seclusion […]1849, The Literary Garland, page 244

Origin of unbrightened

From un- + brighten + -ed.

Questions about unbrightened

What does unbrightened mean?
Unbrightened means not having been brightened.
What part of speech is unbrightened?
Unbrightened is an adjective.

Words near unbrightened in the dictionary

  1. unbrief
  2. unbriefable
  3. unbriefed
  4. unbrigaded
  5. unbright
  6. unbrightened
  7. unbrilliant
  8. unbrilliantly
  9. unbrimmed
  10. unbrimming
  11. unbrined

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