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Exact Match:

sweetness and light: a mild reasonableness; "when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light"

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pleasance collapse: a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion

sentimentality collapse: extravagant or affected feeling or emotion

amenity collapse

sob story collapse: a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy

tearjerker collapse: an excessively sentimental narrative

geniality collapse

mushiness collapse: a mushy pulpy softness

floodlight collapse: illuminate with floodlights

bathos collapse: triteness or triviality of style

glim collapse

light bulb collapse: electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

nostalgia collapse: longing for something past

pleasantness collapse: the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"; the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

resplendence collapse

flamboyance collapse: extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance"

brighten collapse: become brighter; "The sky brightened"; make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"; become brighter; "The sky brightened around noon"; "Her face brightened when she heard the good news"

splendor collapse

romanticism collapse: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes; an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure); a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

bleeding heart collapse: someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged; garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers

lamp collapse: an artificial source of visible illumination; a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs

goo collapse

light source collapse

touch off collapse

good humor collapse: a cheerful and agreeable mood

bonhomie collapse

tonality collapse

ultraviolet ray collapse

solar rays collapse

radiance collapse: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light; the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface; an attractive combination of good health and happiness; "the radiance of her countenance"

illuminant collapse: something that can serve as a source of light

irradiate collapse: expose to radiation; "irradiate food"; cast rays of light upon

glint collapse: a spatially localized brightness

euphony collapse

conflagrate collapse

traffic light collapse: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections

lighten collapse: become lighter; "The room lightened up"; become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"; reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"; make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"

stop light collapse

limelight collapse: a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting; a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

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