relucent

adjective

Definition of relucentnext
as in shining

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relucent
  1. shining
  2. incandescent
  3. resplendent
  4. radiant
  5. lambent
  6. glaring
  7. alight
  8. lucent
Adjective
  • Before this iteration of Shelley's tale, the first modern version of the myth, there hadn't been a horror film that so graphically indulged in gore and violence, in bright and shining color photography no less.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • We’re devastated by the loss of our beautiful, sweet, kind, bright and shining star.
    Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of shining
Adjective
  • Accepting the award on her behalf, Ruben managed to make more than one attendee teary-eyed with the incandescent passion for Isabel which is very much still a part of him.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Another one of our top picks is this slim tree with incandescent lights, designed for outdoor use.
    Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of incandescent
Adjective
  • The video, which showcases the creator's Cavalier King Charles spaniel taking pride of place at a lavish dinner spread, resplendent in a glittery crown, has been viewed more than 6.5 million times.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The trumpet of longtime James member Andy Diagram was resplendent as the group surrounded guitarist Adrian Oxaal.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of resplendent
Adjective
  • This buildable foundation creates a naturally radiant look, while enhancing your skin’s glow with each use.
    Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
  • As Rita, Ronan gives a quietly radiant performance.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of radiant
Adjective
  • Where Magid set out to work through, with lambent melancholy, his personal connection to Zionism and its discontents, Feldman seems to have wanted to write a book about anything but Zionism.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Tunnel to Towers has become a lambent example of our civil society working just as ...
    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 22 Sep. 2023
Definition of lambent
Adjective
  • During the first 45 seconds of the cold open, half of the cast soberly rattles off some of the president-elect’s many glaring deficits.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Introduced in 1883 to prevent players from lurking near the opponent's goal, soccer’s offside rule is a glaring, often contentious example.
    Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of glaring
Adjective
  • Reuters — The man accused of dousing in petrol and setting alight Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from burns sustained during the fatal attack on the Ugandan athlete, a hospital official said on Tuesday.
    Reuters, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
  • As nightfall fell upon Europe, images were already surfacing on social media of towns and countries on mainland Europe, such as Austria and Italy, being alight with bright pink spires rising high above the horizon.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 May 2024
Definition of alight
Adjective
  • The meat braises for six hours and the lucent broth is simmered separately; this sandwich takes no shortcuts.
    New York Times, New York Times, 18 June 2024
  • Bubbly lucent lesions of bone are recalled with the FEGNOMASHIC mnemonic, but when only lucent lesions of the diaphysis are included, a more appropriate mnemonic is FEMALE.
    ncbi rofl, Discover Magazine, 21 Aug. 2012
Definition of lucent
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