Resplendent
[rɪ'splend(ə)nt] or [rɪ'splɛndənt]
Definition
(a.) Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Brilliant, splendid, shining, luminous, beaming, effulgent, lucid, BRIGHT, glorious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Brilliant, gorgeous, luminous, glittering, flashing, burnished
ANT:Dead, dull, lustreless, sombre
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Definition
adj. very splendid shining brilliantly: very bright: (her.) issuing rays.—ns. Resplen′dence Resplen′dency state of being resplendent.—adv. Resplen′dently.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Like a simple American citizen beduking himself in his lodge or affirming his consequence in the Scheme of Things as an elemental unit of a parade.
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Examples
- Nature, or nature's favourite, this lovely earth, presented her most unrivalled beauties in resplendent and sudden exhibition. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The officers were conspicuous through the wondrous magnificence of their resplendent trappings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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