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coruscating

ADJECTIVE
bright
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blazing brilliant dazzling flashing glistening glittering golden intense luminous radiant shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunny vivid
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming burning burnished effulgent fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glossy illuminated illumined incandescent irradiated lambent light lighted limpid lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished relucent resplendent scintillating sunlit twinkling
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cloudy dark dim dull gloomy
WEAK
black depressed depressing doleful dreary dusky horrible murky normal obscure pale pastel somber stupid threatening typical unaware unhappy unintelligent unpromising
ADJECTIVE
brilliant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bright dazzling flashy intense luminous radiant scintillating sparkling vivid
WEAK
ablaze clinquant effulgent fulgent gleaming glittering glossy incandescent lambent lucent lustrous refulgent resplendent showy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cloudy dark dim dull gloomy obscure
WEAK
dulled normal stupid typical unaware unintelligent
ADJECTIVE
irradiant
Synonyms
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming beamy blazing brilliant burning burnished dazzling effulgent flashing fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glistening glittering glossy golden illuminated illumined incandescent intense irradiated lambent light lighted limpid lucent luminous lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished radiant refulgent relucent resplendent scintillating shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunlit sunny twinkling vivid
ADJECTIVE
lucent
Synonyms
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming beamy blazing brilliant burning burnished dazzling effulgent flashing fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glistening glittering glossy golden illuminated illumined incandescent intense irradiant irradiated lambent light lighted limpid luminous lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished radiant refulgent relucent resplendent scintillating shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunlit sunny twinkling vivid
ADJECTIVE
shining
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bright brilliant conspicuous glistening incandescent luminous lustrous radiant scintillating shiny sparkling
STRONG
beaming glazed glossy sleek
WEAK
agleam effulgent iridescent irradiant lambent lucent nitid noticeable opalescent phosphorescent refulgent relucent resplendent rutilant splendent splendorous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cloudy dark dim dull gloomy matte normal obscure stupid typical unaware unintelligent
STRONG
rough

Example Sentences

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Her marriage to his Coruscating Magnificence, the Sun King, Louis XIV, lasted for 32 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Coruscating with private cracks and local allusions, it is arousing furious debate among the author's friends and victims.

From Time Magazine Archive