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lustrous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lustrous

1 giving off or reflecting much light

The lustrous finish on the satin bedspread adds to the feeling of luxury.

Synonyms of lustrous

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

Words Related to lustrous

ablaze, ardent, blazing, burning, combusting, fiery, flaming, red-hot

agleam, aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing, flickering, glancing, glaring, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, shimmering, shimmery, sparkling, sunny, twinkling, winking

burnished, polished, shined

superbright, ultrabright

Near Antonyms of lustrous

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

Antonyms of lustrous

dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant

2 having a shiny surface or finish

Lustrous silver jewelry adorned her neck.

Synonyms of lustrous

buffed, burnished, glistening, glossy, polished, rubbed, satin, satiny, sleek

Words Related to lustrous

brushed, eggshell, semigloss, semilustrous

silken, silky, slick, slippery

glassy, glazed, lacquered, shellacked, varnished

gleaming, glittering, reflective, shining

Near Antonyms of lustrous

Antonyms of lustrous

dim, dull, flat, lusterless, matte (also mat)

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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