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
  • For example, switching from incandescent lights to LEDs can reduce lighting costs by 50-75%, according to Energy Saver.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Definition of incandescent
Adjective
  • Strings and cello were resplendent on the cut as Russell repeatedly turned to rile up the audience throughout.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Like her mother, Lila Moss was resplendent in a black beaded confection that had an air of flapper—family friend Kim Jones decreed this a trend before bowing out at Fendi—but still looked timeless for party season in 2024.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of resplendent
Adjective
  • The pigment-correcting serum boasts results within 12 weeks, leaving you with a radiant glow.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Let the natural magic of cold therapy help boost blood circulation for a healthy, radiant glow.
    Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of radiant
Adjective
  • One night, the living room will be suffused with a soft lavender glow; the next a bold yolk-yellow or a lambent hot pink.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Definition of lambent
Adjective
  • Nowhere is this failure more glaring than in housing, and nowhere is that more evident than in California.
    Rigel Robinson, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The most glaring example of Trump’s penchant for relying on acting heads centered around the Office of Management and Budget where Russell Vought served as acting director for a year and a half before winning full Senate confirmation.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 30 Nov. 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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