lambent

lam·bent

adjective \ˈlam-bənt\

Definition of LAMBENT

1

: playing lightly on or over a surface : flickering

2

: softly bright or radiant

3

: marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression

— lam·bent·ly adverb

Examples of LAMBENT

1. lambent sunlight glinting off the waves
2. a writer known for her lambent wit

Origin of LAMBENT

Latin lambent-, lambens, present participle of lambere to lick — more at lap

First Known Use: 1647

Related to LAMBENT

Synonyms

beaming, bedazzling, brilliant, candescent, clear, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, bright, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendid

Antonyms

dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant

Related Words

ablaze, ardent, blazing, burning, combusting, fiery, flaming, red-hot; agleam, aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing, flickering, gemmy, glancing, glaring, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, shimmering, shimmery, sparkling, sunny, twinkling, winking; burnished, polished, shined; superbright, ultrabright

Near Antonyms

blackened, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber (or sombre), sunless, tenebrous, unlit; cloudy, shadowlike, shadowy, shady; gray (also grey), leaden, pale, palish