Syllables World: Mastering Syllable Identification - How many syllables in Brightens?

How many syllables in Brightens?

brightens has 2 syllables

bright-ens

to make something lighter or more cheerful

The word 'brightens' has two syllables. The first syllable is 'bright' and the second syllable is 'ens'.

Verb

The sun brightens the day.

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. - Denis Waitley
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. - Albus Dumbledore
Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you. - Walt Whitman
Every moment is a fresh beginning. - T.S. Eliot
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. - Edith Wharton
You are the light of the world. - Matthew 5:14
The sun is but a morning star. - Henry David Thoreau
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. - Martin Luther King Jr.
A single candle can illuminate an entire room. - Mahatma Gandhi
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. - John 1:5