Lighten

Definitions: Lighten

Lighten

Verb

1. Make more cheerful.

2. Make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room".

3. Become brighter; "The sky brightened".

4. Become lighter; "The room lightened up".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "lighten" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Lighten

Facility

Render easy; Adjective: facilitate, smooth, ease; popularize; lighten, lighten the labor; free, clear; disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage; deobstruct, unclog, extricate, unravel; untie the knot, cut the knot; disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate; humor; (aid); lubricate; relieve.

Levity

Render light. Adjective: lighten, leaven.

Crosswords: Lighten

Lighten up before your arteries harden. (Akira; writing credit: Katsuhiro �tomo)

Hey! Lighten up! (House of Mouse; writing credit: Tracy Berna; Kevin Campbell)

No! You lighten up! (House of Mouse; writing credit: Tracy Berna; Kevin Campbell)

Why does the sun lighten our hair but darken our skin? (references; author: unknown)

Lighten Up! (1977)

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Books

• From Stress to Strength: How to Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life (reference)

• I'll Be the Parent, You Be the Child: Encourage Excellence, Set Limits and Lighten Up (reference)

• Lighten Up! (reference)

• Lighten Up: Survival Skills for People Under Pressure (reference)

• Losing the Weight of the World: How to Lighten Your Burdens Through Meditation and Joyful Living (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Lighten up with J.J. (reference)

• Lighten Up with Loretta Gift Set (reference)

• Lighten Up:Ultimate in Light Aerobics (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Lighten Up (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Lighten his load! Give and give and give United War-Work Campaign, Nov. 11th to 18th.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

Laser treatment is available to lighten and/or remove port wine stains. (references)

The overall aim is to identify strategies that can lead to improvements in the quality of care and lighten the burdens of caregiving. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "lighten": lighten up. Additional references.

Albanian

lehtësoj (allay, alleviate, assuage, attenuate, calm, dull, enable, extenuate, facilitate, mitigate, palliate, relax, release, relieve, shake, soften, solace, soothe), zbeh (dim, dull, pale), zbardhet (bleach, Discolor, discolour, whiten), vetëtin (gleam, sparkle), ndriçoj (enlighten, glisten, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light, shine, spotlight), ndriçohet, çliroj (affranchise, cast off, deliver, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, emancipate, evolve, extricate, heal, liberate, ransom, release, relieve, rescue, rid, set at large, set free, set loose, unbend, unfetter, unpeg), çlirohem (contract out, defecate, get free, get rid, get rid of, wriggle out). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity), ‏وضح (accentuate, clarify, clear up, define, elucidate, explain, illuminate, illustrate, light, puzzle out, ravel out, represent, spell, state), ‏سطع (brighten, brighten up, glare, irradiate, radiate), ‏خفف الوزن, ‏إستراح (breathe, ensconce oneself, hit the hay, recuperate, refresh, repose, rest, set at rest, stand at ease, subside), ‏أنار (brighten, burn, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light), ‏أضاء (brighten, burn, enlighten, illuminate, illumine, light, shine, torch). (various references)

Bulgarian 

святкам (scintillate, snap), светвам (flash, fulgurate, fulminate, kindle), смекчавам (break down, chastise, correct, cushion, extenuate, humanize, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet, retouch, season, smooth out, soften, subdue, tame, temper, turn, water down), радвам (delight, gladden, joy, rejoice, tickle), осветявам (expose, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, lamp, light, shine on, spotlight, strike on), отслабям яркостта на, озарявам (become adult, flash, illuminate), олеквам (become lighter), ободрявам (animate, brighten, bring round, buck up, cheer up, comfort, elevate, exhilarate, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, key up, liven up, nerve, pull round, reanimate, refresh, set up, spirit, stir up trouble, uplift), облекчавам (allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, comfort, disburden, disembarrass, ease, facilitate, help, mitigate, palliate, redress, relieve, soothe, sweeten, unburden, unload), намалявам (abate, abbreviate, allay, attenuate, bring down, clip, contract, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, fine, impair, knock off, lessen, lull, minify, minimize, moderate, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, put down, reduce, remit, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, subdue, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down), прояснявам се, просветвам (glint), правя по светъл. (various references)

Chinese 

照亮 . (various references)

Czech

zjasnit, zářit (beam, blaze, eradiate, flash, fulgurate, glare, glean, radiate, shine, sparkle), ulehèit (ease, facilitate, relieve, unburden). (various references)

Danish

lette en vogn (lighten a wagon). (various references)

Dutch

flitsen (flash), flikkeren (flare, flare up, flash, flicker), bliksemen. (various references)

Esperanto

fulmi. (various references)

Faeroese

skyggja (polish). (various references)

Farsi 

مثل برق درخشیدن , کاستن (Abate, Decline, Decrease, Detract, Discount, Drawoff, Lessen, Pare, Rebate, Shorten, Soften, Subtract), تنویرفکرکردن , سبکبارکردن (Loose, Unburden), سبک کردن (Alight, Alleviate, Attenuate, Ease, Mitigate), روشن کردن (Alight, Brighten, Clarify, Daylight, Elucidate, Enlighten, Explain, Ignite, Illuminate, Refresh, Relume), راحت کردن (Alight, Ease, Relax), درخشیدن (Glint, Glisten, Glitter, Glory, Lamp, Luster, Ray, Scintillate, Sheen, Shine, Star). (various references)

Finnish

keventää (ease, relieve), huojentaa (ease). (various references)

French

alléger, éclairer (light, light up, lit), éclaircir. (various references)

German

erleichtern (alleviate, ease, facilitate, facilitates, make easier, relieve, to alleviate, to ease, to facilitate, to relieve, unburden), erhellen (clear, elucidate, illuminate, irradiate, light, light up, shed light on). (various references)

Greek 

φωτίζω (illuminate, illumine, light, lit, shed light on), αστράφτω (flash, glint, glisten, twinkle). (various references)

Hebrew 

להתבהר (brighten up), להקל במשקל, להאיר (brighten, enlighten, illuminate, light, shed light, shine). (various references)

Hungarian

villámlik (it lightens), kivilágít (irradiate, to floodlight, to light up), könnyebbít (to lighten), felvilágosít (acquaint, disabuse, enlighten, illuminate, inform, to clue sy in, to clue sy up, to enlighten). (various references)

Indonesian

meringankan (alleviate, demoicent, soften), menganggalkan, menganggali. (various references)

Italian

lampeggiare (blink, flash, lightning, wink), mitigare (abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attanuate, become mild, calm down, lessen, loosen, mince, mitigate, palliate, relax, relieve, soften, soothe), illuminarsi (brighten, light), illuminare (enlighten, illuminate, illumine, light, light up), diventare più leggero, balenare (flash), alleggerire (ease, relieve, unburden). (various references)

Korean 

비추십시요. (various references)

Manx

soilshaghey (advertisement, characterize, declaration, demonstrate, describe, exhibit, explain, illuminate, illumination, illustrate, interpret, interpretation, irradiate, irradiation, light, manifest, manifestation, notify, publication, publish, represent, show, show forth), eddrymaghey (alleviate, alleviation, ease, unburden, unburdening). (various references)

Norwegian

lyse (light), lette (ease, facilitate, lift), oppmuntre (encourage, foster, hearten), opplyse (enlighten). (various references)

Pig Latin

ightenlay

Portuguese

relampejar, iluminar (beacon, burn, clear, enlighten, glower, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, lamp, light, limn, post meridiem, radiate, relume), brilhar (burn, flame, flash, flourish, gland, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, irradiate, lamp, scintillate, shine, sparkle, twinkle), aliviar (allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, comfort, console, disburden, ease, palliate, redress, relieve, salve, still, unburden), acender a luz, acender (enkindle, fire, ignite, kindle, light, turn on). (various references)

Romanian

lumina (appear, beacon, brighten, burn, clarify, comprehend, enlighten, explain, illuminate, lamp, light, light up, shine, teach, understand), lãmuri (clear, clinch, define, disembroil, disentangle, elucidate, enlighten, explain, illuminate, illumine, illustrate, justify, riddle, show, solve, understand, unravel, untie), uşura (alleviate, appease, calm, disburden, ease, facilitate, pacify, palliate, relax, relieve, respite, solace, soothe, speed), se lumina (brighten up, light), se ilumina, se însenina (light), sclipi (gleam, glimmer, glimpse, glisten, glitter, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle), scãpãra (sparkle, throw), potoli (becalm, compromise, dulcify, dull, hush, lull, mollify, quench, quiet, reassure, relieve, slack, slake, smooth, smooth down, sober, solace, stay, still, subdue, suppress, sweeten, temper, tranquillize), micşora (abate, abridge, attenuate, Bate, belittle, contract, cut, deaden, decrease, detract, dilute, dock, drop, dwarf, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, mellow, mitigate, narrow, palliate, pare, pare down, put down, rebate, reduce, remit, restrain, retrench, shorten, stop, subdue, subjugate, weaken, whittle away), ilumina (illuminate, illumine), fulgera (dumbfound, flash, fulminate, gleam, glitter, sparkle, strike, thunder), face mai uşor, domoli (allay, appease, assuage, calm, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reassure, remit, soften, soothe), alina (abate, allay, alleviate, comfort, ease, lull, mitigate, palliate, relieve, set in a row, solace, soothe, stop, temper). (various references)

Russian 

сверкать (coruscate, fulminate, glisten), светлеть (brighten up), освещать (elucidate, illuminate, illumine, light), давать свет. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razvedriti (brighten, clear up), osvetliti (illuminate, illumine, kindle, light, light up, set light to, shine, spotlight), obasjati (illuminate, light up). (various references)

Spanish

relampaguear (flash, lightning), clarear (brighten, clarify, light). (various references)

Swedish

lätta (alleviate, alleviated, clear, clear away, disencumber, ease, ease off, ease up, facilitate, get, lift, lighter, unburden), blixtra (coruscate, flash, fulgurate, scintillate). (various references)

Thai

เบาลง, สว่างขึ้น, ทำให้เบาลง, ทำให้สว่าง (emblaze, light). (various references)

Turkish

rengini açmak (blanch, bleach, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, degrade), rahatlatmak (comfort, de-stress, disburden, disembarrass, ease, facilitate, relax, relieve, relieve one's mind, salve, straighten smb. out, thaw, thaw out, unbend, unbrace, unburden), parlatmak (blazon, brighten, burnish, clean, furbish, furbish up, give a polish, glaze, gloss, luster, polish, rub up, satin, shine, sleek), parlamak (beam, blaze, blink, coruscate, flare up, flash, fulminate, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, light up, loose off at, shine, shine out, smile, sparkle, twinkle), hafifletmek (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, commute, deaden, de-escalate, ease, emasculate, extenuate, facilitate, mitigate, moderate, modify, palliate, qualify, relieve, remit, soft pedal, subdue, water, weaken), şimşek çakmak, aydınlatmak (brighten, charge, civilize, clear, clear up, clue, dissolve, elicit, elucidate, enlighten, enucleate, flash, flash on, illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, let daylight into smth., light, light up, post, rake up, set light to, shine upon, solve, unravel), aydınlanmak (become clear, brighten, clarify, clear up, dawn, illuminate, light, light up), açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, inaugurate, institute, lay open, lead, loosen, loosen up, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, site, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn on, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, undo, unfold, unfurl, unhitch, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind), ışık saçmak (beam, burn, flare, irradiate, light, light up, radiate, Ray, shine, sparkle). (various references)

Turkmen 

яeсletmek. (various references)

Ukranian 

світитися (gleam, glow, phosphoresce, stream), спалахувати (flame, flash, overflush, spark), освітлювати (defecate, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, lamp, light), полегшувати (alleviate, appease, ease, exonerate, facilitate, mitigate, relieve, sugar coat, unload). (various references)

Welsh

ysgafnhau (alleviate). (various references)

adleviabant, adleviaretur, adleviata, fulmina, leva, levabantur, levabat, levabis, levabit, levabitur, levabo, levabunt, levans, levansque, levant, levantem, levantes, levare, levarent, levaret, levassent, levasset, levasti, levate, levatis, levatisque, levato, levaveris, levaverit, levavero, levaverunt, levavi, levavit, levavitque, levem, levemus, levigabis, levigandum, levigatis, levites, levo, mitigasti, mitigat, mitigationis, mitigavit, mitiges, relaxo, relevare, relevo, sereno, subleva, sublevabis, sublevabit, sublevabunt, sublevandis, sublevasset, sublevasti, sublevat, sublevati, sublevatis, sublevatum, sublevavit, sublevetur. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "lighten": lightened, lightener, lighteners, lightening, lightens. (additional references)

Words ending with "lighten": enlighten. (additional references)

Words containing "lighten": enlightened, enlightening, enlightenment, enlightenments, enlightens, unenlightened, unenlightening. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lighten" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fighten, Lichten, ligetian, lightpen, Lightup, liten, litten. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gentil, length, tingle.

-2 letters: eight, elint, glint, hinge, ingle, inlet, legit, light, lithe, neigh, night, thegn, thein, thine, thing, tinge.

-3 letters: elhi, gelt, gent, gien, gilt, glen, heil, hent, hilt, hint, lent, lien, line, ling, lint, lite, nigh, nite, then, thin, tile, tine, ting.

-4 letters: eng, eth, gel, gen, get, ghi, gie, gin, git.

+1 letter: atheling, letching, lightens, penlight.

+2 letters: athelings, chelating, earthling, enlighten, fletching, haltering, helmeting, hosteling, lathering, lengthier, lengthily, lightened, lightener, lightness, metheglin, nightless, nightlife, penlights, sleuthing, vetchling.

+3 letters: alightment, beclothing, blathering, blethering, blithering, delighting, earthlings, enlightens, ethnologic, ethylating, fetchingly, fletchings, hatcheling, holstering, hostelling, leathering, lengthiest, lengthwise, lighteners, lightening, lightering, lightplane, metheglins, nightlifes, philtering, reclothing, relighting, sheltering, slathering, slightness, slithering, telphering, theologian, vetchlings.

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