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burnished
adjective as in bright
Strongest matches
adjective as in bronze
adjective as in glassy
adjective as in glazed
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in gleaming
adjective as in glistening
adjective as in glossy
adjective as in irradiant
Weak matches
- 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 as in light
adjective as in lucent
Weak matches
- 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 as in lustrous
adjective as in polished
Example Sentences
Sure, he was having a nice season with the Washington Nationals, and burnished his reputation as a tough at-bat on opposing pitchers.
He burnished his reputation as an occasionally dirty player, and never seemed too interested in trying to change it.
“Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage” by Marshall Frady burnished the reputation of Jesse Jackson, a potential Democratic challenger who decided not to run.
And it will forever be burnished in my memory because it's the wildfire that burned down my community and my home.
With a deluxe new remix courtesy of engineer Paul Hicks and Harrison’s son Dhani, "Living in the Material World" has finally been burnished for our new millennium.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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