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burnished

ADJECTIVE
bright
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blazing brilliant dazzling flashing glistening glittering golden intense luminous radiant shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunny vivid
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ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming burning coruscating effulgent fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glossy illuminated illumined incandescent irradiated lambent light lighted limpid lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished relucent resplendent scintillating sunlit twinkling
Antonyms
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cloudy dark dim dull gloomy
WEAK
black depressed depressing doleful dreary dusky horrible murky normal obscure pale pastel somber stupid threatening typical unaware unhappy unintelligent unpromising
ADJECTIVE
bronze
Synonyms
STRONG
chestnut copper russet rust tan
WEAK
brownish copper-colored metallic brown reddish-brown reddish-tan
ADJECTIVE
glassy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
glazed icy shiny sleek
WEAK
clear glazy glossy hyaline hyaloid lustrous slick slippery transparent vitreous vitric
Antonyms
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dull rough
WEAK
rugged shining smiling uneven
ADJECTIVE
glazed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
glassy lustrous shiny translucent
STRONG
enameled smooth varnished
WEAK
dead transparent vitreous
Antonyms
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dark dull
WEAK
rough unglazed
ADJECTIVE
gleaming
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bright glassy glazed glistening lustrous polished shining shiny sleek
STRONG
reflecting slick smooth
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brilliant silken silky
Antonyms
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dark dull gloomy rough
STRONG
coarse
ADJECTIVE
glistening
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bright glassy glazed gleaming lustrous polished shining shiny silky sleek
STRONG
reflecting slick smooth
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brilliant silken
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dark dull gloomy rough
STRONG
coarse
ADJECTIVE
glossy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bright gleaming glistening lustrous polished silky sleek slick
STRONG
smooth
WEAK
brilliant chatoyant glassy glazed reflecting silken
Antonyms
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dark dull rough stupid unintelligent unpolished
WEAK
drab mate muted
ADJECTIVE
irradiant
Synonyms
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming beamy blazing brilliant burning coruscating dazzling effulgent flashing fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glistening glittering glossy golden illuminated illumined incandescent intense irradiated lambent light lighted limpid lucent luminous lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished radiant refulgent relucent resplendent scintillating shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunlit sunny twinkling vivid
ADJECTIVE
light
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bright luminous rich shiny sunny
STRONG
clear flashing fluorescent glossy glowing polished shining
WEAK
ablaze aglow brilliant cloudless lambent lucent lustrous phosphorescent radiant refulgent resplendent scintillant unclouded unobscured vivid well-lighted well-lit
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dark dull obscure
WEAK
darkened difficult dim dusky
ADJECTIVE
lucent
Synonyms
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming beamy blazing brilliant burning coruscating dazzling effulgent flashing fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glistening glittering glossy golden illuminated illumined incandescent intense irradiant irradiated lambent light lighted limpid luminous lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished radiant refulgent relucent resplendent scintillating shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunlit sunny twinkling vivid
ADJECTIVE
lustrous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dazzling gleaming glistening glorious glowing incandescent luminous polished radiant shimmering shiny sparkling splendid waxy
WEAK
bright effulgent fulgent glacé glinting lambent lucent refulgent
Antonyms
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dark dim dull
WEAK
matte unshiny
ADJECTIVE
polished
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bright glistening refined shiny smooth urbane
STRONG
buffed cultivated
WEAK
cavalier courteous courtly couth diplomatic polite politic suave tactful
Antonyms
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dark dull uncivilized unsophisticated
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unpolished
ADJECTIVE
shiny
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gleaming glossy lustrous polished slick sparkling
WEAK
agleam clear satiny sheeny sunny
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dull matte unpolished
WEAK
dark

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Initial public euphoria over Pakistan's image being burnished on the global stage has begun to give way to fraying patience after weeks of stop-start restrictions around Islamabad.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

To many, the sight of Paul being clapped into cuffs may have even burnished her renegade image.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Despite a lustrous popular image burnished by the 2000 film “Gladiator,” Marcus Aurelius is, to scholars, a controversial figure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

I went to the island's modest-looking parliament, the body of it built in a Scandinavian style with wooden slats and painted the same burnished red as the Greenlandic flags fluttering by the entrance.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

He showed Joe wood planes, their wooden handles burnished by decades of use, their blades so sharp and precise they could shave off curls of wood as thin and transparent as tissue paper.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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