Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Shining with brilliant luster; very bright; splendid.
- In heraldry, issuing rays: said especially of the sun, sometimes of clouds. See radiant, 3.
- Synonyms Glorious, beaming. See radiance.
Wiktionary
- adj. shining
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having great beauty and splendor
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French, from Latin resplendēns, resplendent-, present participle of resplendēre, to shine brightly : re-, re- + splendēre, to shine.
Examples
“Shes talking to another woman with the same short curly brown hair, whos looking resplendent I always wanted to use the word resplendent and never had a chance before in some swaying, beaded skirt.”
“Darth Vader is the ultimate heavy breathing villain resplendent in black.”
“Washington (CNN) - Tables set in resplendent colors - apple green, ruby, gold - with floral arrangements of roses, hydrangeas and sweet peas in plum, purple and fuchsia awaited guests to Tuesday's White House state dinner.”
“Behind them resplendent is the Lamb of the Apocalypse.”
“The morning vapors were fast rolling their snowy wreaths down the opposite mountains, whose heads, shining in resplendent purple, seemed to view themselves in the bright reflections of the now smooth sea.”
“Nature, or nature's favourite, this lovely earth, presented her most unrivalled beauties in resplendent and sudden exhibition.”
“Looking back on the incident it seems matter for yet more Homeric laughter that Richardson should have called the resplendent genius of Fielding”
“Looking back on the incident it seems matter for yet more Homeric laughter that Richardson should have called the resplendent genius of Fielding “low.””
Henry Fielding A Memoir
“One is rotten and the other resplendent, that is all.”
“Look on the bright side though, once those evil Toreeees get into power our screens will be 'resplendent' with lots of these tossers like Hardy, Brigstocke, Steel and co laying into the 'government' which oddly they have been reticent to do for the last, oh let me see, 12 years...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘resplendent’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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phantasmagoria, eviscerate, avast, simulacrum, varicose, oblique, gestalt, ersatz, vernal, vivace, stellate, synecdoche and 314 more...
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Iaan
dirigisme, dystopia, cacotopia, ex ante, veritable, indefatigable, curmudgeon, desultory, antediluvian, transmogrify, pendent, elongate and 138 more...
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Words chosen as favorites for the Twitter hashtag #faveword.
autumnal, grotto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, homunculus, zing, zest, effervescent, bewitch, avuncular, susurrus, Styrofoam and 205 more...
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Words describing beauty
Words associated with beauty, love, and a happy feeling!
whimsical, amatory, amorous, paradisiacal, calliope, callitriche, Callimachus, callinectes, calliphora, seraphic, calliopsis, callirhoe and 27 more...
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ficciones's list
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imbroglio, splendour, brilliance, labyrinth, vast, precipice, ebb and flow, tidal, crevasse, resonate, redolent, prudent and 55 more...
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Words or Phrases I Should Use In My NaNoWriMo P...
So I've always kind of eschewed the notion of producing 50,000 words of crap in a single month, but somehow something possessed me to try for it this year. Add stuff to this list and I promise I'll...
you're something ..., sticky rice, plinth, educable, resplendent, albinism, bowling pin, tappen, emerod, Hottentottenpoten..., heady, handlebar mustache and 19 more...

kingparton The sea and fields were still, as the setting sun vied with the resplendent red garments of our ladies for favor in the eyes of all.
Iharu Saikuku, Five Women Who Loved Love Jul 26, 2011
bilby "All around the Pope glittered the gorgeous papal court, resplendent in a variety of colors."
- Arnaldo Cortesi, '300,000 Hail Pope at Easter Service', New York Times, 16 April 1929. Nov 11, 2008
jeffazi having great beauty and splendor.
Oct 30, 2007
seanmeade 'honey we're all resplendent'
-- Bill Mallonee Mar 26, 2007