resplendent
/ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/
resplendent adjective: shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
Adjective
resplendent (comparative more resplendent, superlative most resplendent)
- Shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
- The resplendent sun rose over the horizon.
- The resplendent sun / Shone forth in all his glory.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye; splendid in appearance.
- The peacock displayed its resplendent plumage.
- Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings
- Magnificent; glorious; splendid; marked by extraordinary excellence or beauty.
- The queen appeared in resplendent majesty.
- They celebrated their resplendent victory.
- Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.
resplendent meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
resplendent in Hindi
- resplendent
- शुक्र śukra, उज्ज्वल ujjval
resplendent in Urdu
- resplendent
- اججول ujjval
resplendent in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত উজ্জ্বল, চমকপ্রদ
resplendent in Malayalam
- അത്യുജ്ജ്വല, തിളക്കമേറിയ, പ്രകാശിക്കുന്ന
More languagesFewer languages
- resplendent in Kannada
- ಕಣ್ಣು ಕೋರಯ್ಸುವ, ತುಂಬ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನವಾದ, ಜಾಜ್ವಲ್ಯಮಾನವಾದ, ಉಜ್ವಲವಾದ
- resplendent in Arabic
- نَاضِر nāḍir
Examples of resplendent in a sentence
- His career was resplendent with achievements.
- Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings.2024 October 31, Ari Daniel, “How parrot plumage gets its dazzling reds and yellows”, in NPR, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2025:
- The resplendent achievements of the English navy.1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England:
Synonyms of resplendent
Forms of resplendent
| comparative | more resplendent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most resplendent |
| alternative form (obsolete) | resplendant |
Origin of resplendent
From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend + -ent, from Latin resplendere (“to shine back, glitter”).
Words formed from resplendent
Questions about resplendent
- What does resplendent mean?
- Resplendent means shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
- What is resplendent in Hindi?
- Resplendent in Hindi is शुक्र (śukra), उज्ज्वल (ujjval). See Resplendent meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use resplendent in a sentence?
- His career was resplendent with achievements.
- What part of speech is resplendent?
- Resplendent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce resplendent?
- Resplendent is pronounced /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/.
Words near resplendent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: resplendent (page history and authors); उज्ज्वल (Hindi) (page history and authors); اججول (Urdu) (page history and authors); resplendent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resplendent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resplendent (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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