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Showing words for LIGHTEN using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Lighten

enlight, lighten

6 Letter Words for Lighten

engilt, gentil, gilten, heling, heting, hingle, length, linget, tingle

5 Letter Words for Lighten

ehing, eight, elint, enlit, genit, gilet, gleit, glent, glint, hinge, ingle, inlet, intel, legin, legit, lenth, lenti, light, ligne, linge, lithe, neigh, night, thegn, thein, thine, thing, tinge

4 Letter Words for Lighten

eigh, elhi, engl, gein, geit, genl, gent, gien, gile, gilt, gite, gith, glei, glen, glit, heil, heli, heng, hent, hile, hilt, hine, hing, hint, htel, ilth, intl, itel, leng, lent, lgth, lien, lige, line, ling, lint, lite, lith, neth, neti, nigh, nile, teil, teli, teng, then, thig, thin, tien, tige, tile, tine, ting

3 Letter Words for Lighten

eli, elt, eng, enl, eth, gel, gen, get, gie, gin, git, glt, gte, hei, hel, hen, het, hgt, hie, hin, hit, ign, ile, ing, int, leg, lei, let, lie, lig, lin, lit, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nil, nit, nth, teg, tel, ten, tgn, the, tie, tig, til, tin, tln, tng

Definitions for Lighten

[1] to become lighter or less dark; brighten: The sky lightened after the storm.
[2] to brighten or light up, as the eyes or features: Her face lightened when she heard the good news.
[3] to flash as or like lightning (often used impersonally with it as subject): It thundered and lightened for hours.
[4] Archaic . to shine, gleam, or be bright: steel blades lightening in the sun.
[5] to give light to; illuminate: A full moon lightened the road.
[6] to brighten (the eyes, features, etc.): A large smile lightened his face.
[7] to make lighter or less dark: Add white to lighten the paint.
[8] Obsolete . enlighten.
[9] Obsolete . to flash or emit like lightning (usually followed by out, forth, or down ): eyes that lightened forth implacable hatred.
[10] to make lighter in weight: to lighten the load on a truck.
[11] to lessen the load of or upon: to lighten a cargo ship.
[12] to make less burdensome or oppressive; alleviate; mitigate: to lighten taxes; to lighten someone's cares.
[13] to cheer or gladden: Such news lightens my heart.
[14] to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
[15] to become less heavy, cumbersome, burdensome, oppressive, etc.: His worries seem to have lightened somewhat.
[16] to become less gloomy; perk up: People's spirits usually lighten when spring arrives.
[17] to become or make light
[18] (intr) to shine; glow
[19] (intr) (of lightning) to flash
[20] (tr) an archaic word for enlighten
[21] to make or become less heavy
[22] to make or become less burdensome or oppressive; mitigate
[23] to make or become more cheerful or lively

Words related to Lighten

brighten, mitigate, dilute, facilitate, ease, relieve, lessen, alleviate, mollify, ameliorate, shine, irradiate, light, flash, illume, gleam, reduce, decrease, allay, levitate

Words nearby Lighten

light-sensitive, light-struck, light-year, lightboard, lightboat, lighten, lighten up, lightening, lighter, lighter fluid, lighter than air

Origin of Lighten

21350–1400; Middle English lightnen; see light2, -en1

Other words from Lighten

light·en·er , noun

Synonyms for Lighten

brighten, light up, flash, gleam, illume, irradiate, light, shine, become light, make bright