unbrightened

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adjective

Not having been brightened.

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Meanings

adjectiveunbrightened (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot 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

From un- + brighten + -ed.

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APA

unbrightened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbrightened

MLA

“unbrightened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbrightened. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbrightened,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbrightened.

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