Lustrous \Lus"trous\, a. [Cf. F. lustreux. See 3d Luster.]
Bright; shining; luminous. " Good sparks and lustrous."
--Shak. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lustrous
adj 1: 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" [syn: bright, burnished,
shining, shiny]
2: brilliant; "set a lustrous example for others to follow";
"lustrous actors of the time"
3: 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" [syn: glistening, glossy, sheeny,
shiny, shining]
WordNet (r) 2.0
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "lustrous":
aglow, beaming, beamy, blushing, bright, bright and sunny,
brilliant, burning, burnished, candescent, charismatic, effulgent,
flushing, fulgent, glace, glamorous, glassy, gleaming, gleamy,
glimmering, glinting, glistening, glorious, glossy, glowing,
illuminant, illustrious, incandescent, irradiative, lambent,
lamping, light as day, lucent, luciferous, lucific, luciform,
luminant, luminative, luminiferous, luminificent, luminous, magic,
numinous, orient, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent,
rutilant, rutilous, sheeny, shined, shining, shiny, sparkling,
splendent, splendid, splendorous, splendrous, starbright, starlike,
starry, streaming, suffused, sunny, sunshiny
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bright, burnished, glistening, glossy, sheeny, shining, shiny
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