lustrous
US/ˈlʌ.stɹəs/
lustrous adjective: having a glow or lustre.
Adjective
lustrous (comparative more lustrous, superlative most lustrous)
- Having a glow or lustre.
- Why it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes, and the clearstores toward the south north are as lustrous as ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction?c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- There was not a cloud on the sky, save a few light vapours that congregated near the moon; but even they were lustrous with her presence.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Evening Alone”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 304
- As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
lustrous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
lustrous in Hindi
- having a glow or lustre
- चमकीला camkīlā
lustrous in Tamil
- பிரகாசமான, சுடர்விடும்
lustrous in Urdu
- آب دار, چمکیلا, روشن, اجاگر
lustrous in Malayalam
- gleaming, shiny, shining
- മിൻ, മിന്നുന്ന, മിനുക്കമുള്ള, ശോഭയുള്ള, ഉജ്ജ്വലമായ, ശുചി
More languagesFewer languages
- lustrous in Kannada
- ಹೊಳಪಿನ, ಹೊಗರಿನ, ಥಳ ಥಳಿಸುವ, ಮಿನುಗುವ
- lustrous in Gujarati
- તેજસ્વી tejasvī
Examples of lustrous in a sentence
- It was a hot noon in July; and his face, lustrous with perspiration, beamed with barbaric good humor.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
- The sunlight lay heavy and rich on his lustrous golden fur, and his monkey hands turned a pine cone this way and that, snapping off the scales with sharp fingers and scratching out the sweet nuts.2000, Philip Pullman, chapter 1, in The Amber Spyglass, Random House Children's Books, published 2001:
Synonyms of lustrous
Forms of lustrous
| comparative | more lustrous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lustrous |
Origin of lustrous
From lustre + -ous.
Words formed from lustrous
Questions about lustrous
- What does lustrous mean?
- Lustrous means having a glow or lustre.
- What is lustrous in Hindi?
- Lustrous in Hindi is चमकीला (camkīlā). See Lustrous meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use lustrous in a sentence?
- It was a hot noon in July; and his face, lustrous with perspiration, beamed with barbaric good humor.
- What part of speech is lustrous?
- Lustrous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lustrous?
- Lustrous is pronounced /ˈlʌ.stɹəs/ (US).
Words near lustrous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lustrous (page history and authors); lustrous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lustrous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lustrous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); lustrous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); તેજસ્વી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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