Definitions for brightener

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brightener bright·en·er

Spelling: [brahyt-n-er]

IPA: /ˈbraɪt n ər/

Brightener is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 375 anagrams from letters in brightener (beeghinrrt).

Definitions for brightener

noun

1. a person or thing that brightens.
2. a chemical or other agent used to increase brightness, as one added to toothpaste or detergent to intensify the cleansing or bleaching process.

Origin of brightener

First recorded in 1790-1800; brighten + -er¹

Examples for brightener

Gille Machree, "brightener of my heart;" the name of one of Gerald Griffin's sweetest songs.

But I felt that my reputation as a brightener was at stake, with Terry's hopes.

But chaperonage was far from the whole destiny of a brightener.

You might imagine that a brightener was some sort of patent polisher for stoves, metal, or even boots.

Mine was to gird my loins at Lucille's and Redfern's, in order to become a brightener.

A brightener need not confine herself to female society, as a mere Companion must.

That epoch, to which I have looked forward as the brightener of my every view upon earth—how is it now clouded!'