Definition of LUSTROUS

Examples of lustrous in a Sentence

the lustrous finish on the satin bedspread adds to the feeling of luxury
lustrous silver jewelry adorned her neck

Recent Examples of lustrous from the Web

Sauces that are complex and require hours of reduction are wondrous kitchen assets, but so are the ones that take shortcuts to achieve the same lustrous results.

— bonnie s. benwick, charlotteobserver, "A bottle of ginger beer and you have a 10-minute sauce", 30 May 2017
His lustrous sound and tenderness were ideal for the pensive passages of the slow movement.

— anthony tommasini, New York Times, "Review: A Fast-Rising Czech Conductor Leads the Philharmonic", 26 May 2017
The new one is made out of lustrous red I-beams, shiny metal tanks and coils, bright blue metallic joints, and a porous metal-grating floor.

— wired staff, WIRED, "My Big Biofuels Bet", 1 Oct. 2006

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First Known Use of lustrous

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lustrous Synonyms

Synonym Discussion of lustrous

bright, brilliant, radiant, luminous, lustrous mean shining or glowing with light. bright implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light. brilliant implies intense often sparkling brightness. radiant stresses the emission or seeming emission of rays of light. luminous implies emission of steady, suffused, glowing light by reflection or in surrounding darkness. lustrous stresses an even, rich light from a surface that reflects brightly without glittering.

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