'Lightened' definitions:
Definition of 'Lightened'
From: GCIDE
- Lighten \Light"en\ (l[imac]t"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lightened (l[imac]t"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lightening.] [OE. lightenen. See Light to kindle, illuminate.]
- 1. To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash. [1913 Webster]
- This dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lightened'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablaze,
- aglow,
- alight,
- bathed with light,
- bespangled,
- blanched,
- bleached,
- bleached white,
- brightened,
- candlelit,
- decolored,
- decolorized,
- drained,
- drained of color,
- enlightened,
- firelit,
- gaslit,
- illuminated,
- in a blaze,
- irradiate,
- irradiated,
- lamplit,
- lanternlit,
- lighted,
- lit,
- lit up,
- luminous,
- moonlit,
- spangled,
- star-spangled,
- star-studded,
- starlit,
- studded,
- sunlit,
- tinseled,
- whitened