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adjective
- 1. shining very brightly: literary "refulgent blue eyes"
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adjective. literary uk / rɪˈfʌl.dʒ ə nt / us / rɪˈfʌl.dʒ ə nt / Add to word list. shining with a bright light: the beauty of her refulgent face. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Giving out light. afire. albedo. aura. backlit. beamy. bioluminescence. flicker. gleam. glimmer. glitter. luminously. noctilucent. non-glare. non-luminous.
On a bright day, the sun can be described as refulgent, and the beautiful, sunny weather might cause you to break into a refulgent smile. Refulgent shines brightly among its synonyms: radiant, dazzling, and luminous. You'll typically encounter refulgent in literature and poetry, but using this word is a great way to show off your refulgent mind.
adjective. literary us / rɪˈfʌl.dʒ ə nt / uk / rɪˈfʌl.dʒ ə nt / Add to word list. shining with a bright light: the beauty of her refulgent face. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Giving out light. afire. albedo. aura. backlit. beamy. bioluminescence. flicker. gleam. glimmer. glitter. luminously. noctilucent. non-glare. non-luminous.
Refulgent definition: shining brightly; radiant; gleaming. See examples of REFULGENT used in a sentence.
Giving off or reflecting light readily or in large amounts: beamy, bright, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, irradiant, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, shiny. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
Definition of refulgent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. refulgently (reˈfulgently) adverb. Word origin. C16: from Latin refulgēre to shine brightly, from re- + fulgēre to shine. refulgent in American English. (rɪˈfʌldʒənt ) adjective. shining; radiant; glowing; resplendent. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
