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Bright (adjective)
Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
“Could you please dim the light? It’s far too bright.”
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Bright (adjective)
Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
“He’s very bright. He was able to solve the problem without my help.”
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Bright (adjective)
Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
“The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen.”
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Bright (adjective)
Happy, in spirits.
“I woke up today feeling so bright that I decided to have a little dance.”
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Bright (adjective)
Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.
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Bright (adjective)
Illustrious; glorious.
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Bright (adjective)
Clear; transparent.
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Bright (adjective)
Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
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Bright (noun)
An artist’s brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
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Bright (noun)
splendour; brightness
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Bright (noun)
A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
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Bright (noun)
The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.
“Your brights are on.”
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Dull (adjective)
Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
“All these knives are dull.”
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Dull (adjective)
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
“He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.”
“When does having a dull personality ever get you a girlfriend? Even if you get one, how does being dull help you keep a relationship for over a year?”
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Dull (adjective)
Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
“Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.”
“a dull fire or lamp;”
“a dull red or yellow;”
“a dull mirror”
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Dull (adjective)
Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
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Dull (adjective)
Sluggish, listless.
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Dull (adjective)
Cloudy, overcast.
“It’s a dull day.”
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Dull (adjective)
Insensible; unfeeling.
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Dull (adjective)
Heavy; lifeless; inert.
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Dull (adjective)
Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
“Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.”
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Dull (adjective)
Not clear, muffled.
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Dull (verb)
To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
“Years of misuse have dulled the tools.”
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Dull (verb)
To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
“He drinks to dull the pain.”
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Dull (verb)
To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
“A razor will dull with use.”
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Dull (verb)
To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
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Bright (adjective)
giving out or reflecting much light; shining
“the sun was dazzlingly bright”
“her bright, dark eyes”
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Bright (adjective)
full of light
“the rooms are bright and spacious”
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Bright (adjective)
(of a period of time) having sunny, cloudless weather
“the long, bright days of June”
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Bright (adjective)
(of colour) vivid and bold
“the bright green leaves”
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Bright (adjective)
having a vivid colour
“a bright tie”
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Bright (adjective)
intelligent and quick-witted
“a bright young journalist”
“a bright idea”
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Bright (adjective)
cheerful and lively
“she gave a bright smile”
“at breakfast she would be persistently bright and chirpy”
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Bright (adjective)
(of someone’s future) likely to be successful and happy
“these young people have a bright future ahead of them”
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Bright (adjective)
(of sound) clear, vibrant, and typically high-pitched
“her voice is fresh and bright”
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Bright (adverb)
brightly
“a full moon shining bright”
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Bright (noun)
bold and vivid colours
“a choice of colours from pastels through to brights”
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Bright (noun)
headlights switched to full beam
“he turned the brights on and we drove along the dirt road”