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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining..
But rather let the brightsome heavens be dim, And nature's beauty choke with stifling clouds, Than my fair Abigail should frown on me.
[A]ll the shifts of cloud and sun, all the difference between black death and brightsome liveliness, scarcely may suggest or equal Lorna's transformation.
This is a brightsome blaze you've lit good friend, to-night!
The few chairs and the low table had been stripped of paint to reveal the brightsome grain of pine wood.
Her hair it was of a brightsome color, [...]
“[...] this point, characteristically, the speaker writes himself into the relation: his dull skin requires the “brightsome Colours” of Joseph's coat but more especially of Christ's blood and glory.”
Use brightsome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brightsome means (archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining..
Common synonyms include brilliant, luminous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But rather let the brightsome heavens be dim, And nature's beauty choke with stifling clouds, Than my fair Abigail should frown on me.
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