resplendent

adj.
Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin resplendēns, resplendent-, present participle of resplendēre, to shine brightly : re-, re- + splendēre, to shine.]

resplendence re·splen'dence or re·splen'den·cy n.
resplendently re·splen'dent·ly adv.

adjective

Marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor: brilliant, glorious, gorgeous, magnificent, proud, splendid, splendorous. See beautiful/ugly.

adj

Definition: bright, radiant
Antonyms: cloudy, dull, gloomy, withering

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

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.

        The Knights of Dominion were so resplendent in their velvet- 
    and-gold that their masters would hardly have known them.
                                           "Chronicles of the Classes"

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IN BRIEF: Very bright and colorful, almost glowing.

The bride and groom enjoyed the resplendent bouquets of flowers at their wedding.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - strålende

Nederlands (Dutch)
schitterend

Français (French)
adj. - resplendissant (sout)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - prächtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - περίλαμπρος, λαμπρός, αστραφτερός, μεγαλοπρεπής

Italiano (Italian)
risplendente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - resplandecente

Русский (Russian)
блистательный, ослепительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - resplandeciente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - glänsande, lysande, skimrande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
辉煌的, 灿烂的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 輝煌的, 燦爛的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 빛나는, 찬란한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 輝く, きらびやかな, すばらしい, 華麗な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متألق لامع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זוהר, מצוחצח, זורח‬

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