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lustrous

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lus·trous  (lstrs)
adj.
1. Having a sheen or glow.
2. Gleaming with or as if with brilliant light; radiant. See Synonyms at bright.

lustrous·ly adv.
lustrous·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lustrous - made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents"
polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"
2.lustrous - brilliant; "set a lustrous example for others to follow"; "lustrous actors of the time"
glorious - having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature"
3.lustrous - reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

lustrous
adjective shining, bright, glowing, sparkling, dazzling, shiny, gleaming, glossy, shimmering, radiant, luminous, glistening, burnished a head of thick, lustrous, wavy brown hair
Translations
lustrous [ˈlʌstrəs] ADJ [hair] → brillante, lustroso; [eyes] → brillante; [gold] → reluciente
lustrous
lustrous [ˈlʌstrəs] adjlucente, splendente
lustrous [ˈlʌstrəs] adjlucente, splendente


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When her side is turned towards us, we see her as a straight line; when the end containing her eye or mouth -- for with us these two organs are identical -- is the part that meets our eye, then we see nothing but a highly lustrous point; but when the back is presented to our view, then -- being only sub-lustrous, and, indeed, almost as dim as an inanimate object -- her hinder extremity serves her as a kind of Invisible Cap.
So he selected a fine, big pumpkin -- one with a lustrous, orange-red color -- and began carving it.
Indeed, had I realised how superbly impressive they were going to be, I think I must have declined the adventure altogether,--for, robed in lustrous ivory-white linen were those figures of undress marble, the wealth of their glorious bodies pressing out into bosoms magnificent as magnolias (nobler lines and curves Greece herself has never known), towering in throats of fluted alabaster, and flowering in coiffures of imperial gold.
 
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