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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
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.
Close, who reprised her Tony-winning performance as Norma in the 2017 Broadway revival and added layers of authenticity burnished by time, made the musical seem weightier than it is.
Newsom burnished his brand as a fighter for the party after calling out national Democrats for failing to go on the offensive in the culture wars.
Auction experts estimate it would fetch more than $2 million, the value burnished by the Dodgers winning the five-game series over the New York Yankees and Freeman being named the most valuable player.
The landscape has radically shifted from when the days when Reagan, at one time the president of a Hollywood actors' union, burnished his tough-guy image by firing the air traffic controllers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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