bright

Definition

  • noun: a bright color
  • adjective: producing a lot of light
  • adjective: radiating or reflecting light
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: vivacious, radiant, illustrious

Examples

  • Your cat is very sick right now, but try to 'look on the bright side'. She can be treated with medicine.

  • Car sales were one of the few 'bright spots' for the economy last year.

  • ('US') He lost the race, but 'on the bright side', he didn't get hurt.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and begins to try to get the cookie. Now, you can hear the paper rustling and that's in your favor because a -month-old child doesn't know that sound travels. They're also not bright enough to hire a lookout. So you hear the paper rattling and you run and there's the child (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself
  • (..) wanted to discuss some very serious matters here. Pardon me. My wife and l were intellectuals... before we had children. We were very, very bright people. My wife graduated from the University of Maryland, child psychology major with a B-plus average, which means that if you ask her (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself