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unlustrous

unlustrous adjective: not lustrous; without lustre.

Adjective

unlustrous (comparative more unlustrous, superlative most unlustrous)

  1. Not lustrous; without lustre.
    • [S]hould I […] join gripes with hands / Made hard with hourly falſhood (falſhood as / With labour) then lye peeping in an eye, / Base and unluſtrous as the ſmoaky light / That's fed with stinking tallow; it were fit, / That all the plagues of hell ſhould at one time / Encounter ſuch revolt.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “Cymbeline. A Tragedy.”, in The Plays of William Shakespeare. Volume the Ninth, Containing, Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear...

Synonyms of unlustrous

Forms of unlustrous

comparativemore unlustrous
superlativemost unlustrous

Origin of unlustrous

From un- + lustrous.

Questions about unlustrous

What does unlustrous mean?
Unlustrous means not lustrous; without lustre.
What part of speech is unlustrous?
Unlustrous is an adjective.

Words near unlustrous in the dictionary

  1. unlunged
  2. unlust
  3. unlustful
  4. unlustfully
  5. unlustiness
  6. unlustrous
  7. unlusts
  8. unlusty
  9. unlute
  10. unluted
  11. unlutes

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