resplendent
/rɪˈsplɛnd(ə)nt
/adjective
Attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous: she was resplendent in a sea-green dress...
- The colourful crackers looking resplendent on a moonless night was an impressive work.
- This national event is about tribal and folk life in all its resplendent beauty and colour in the country.
- It was August and the mountain sides were resplendent in Fall colours.
Synonyms
splendid, magnificent, brilliant, dazzling, glittering, glowing, radiant, gorgeous, transcendent, impressive, imposing, spectacular, striking, stunning, glorious, superb, majestic, great, awe-inspiring, breathtaking, fine
informal splendiferous
rare splendacious, magnolious
Derivatives
resplendence
- Rare items such as the incandescent wing of a particular variety of beetle, peacock-feather stems and carefully crafted silver beads are used to give the crown its resplendence.
- Indeed, if you were lucky enough to catch him in Glasgow on Friday or Saturday, you'll have witnessed his resplendence for yourself.
- Sitting in the mall as my wife meanders through Macy aisles in search of a half-priced handbag, my eyes do not even delight in the resplendence that surrounds them.
resplendency
- It also illustrates that when the artist threw aside the ruse of resplendency to tackle more electro-pop oriented material, the spell he could cast was suddenly broken.
- Why would anyone want to give up the dynamic resplendencies of the American Founders' vision for the stultifying servitude of ancient collectivism?
- His courage failed him; to enter, foot-sore, laden, and poorly dressed, into the midst of such resplendency was to bring needless humiliation upon her he loved.
resplendently
/ adverb ...- A bustling micro-brewery built in a weaving shed, the barmaids pull pints of ale straight from the vats out the back, all resplendently clad in 19 th-century costume.
- Presently, two Royal Guards, resplendently decked out in gleaming armour, fell into step silently behind their beloved ruler, and escorted him down the wide palace corridors.
- Ben had risen before her and was already shaved and resplendently dressed in silver grey broadcloth with matching waistcoat, white shirt and black ribbon tie.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin resplendent- 'shining out', from the verb resplendere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + splendere 'to glitter'.