fulgent
/'fʌldʤənt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Shining intensely; brilliantly radiant: Describes something that emits a very bright, dazzling, or gleaming light. It often carries a poetic or literary connotation of splendid brilliance.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The fulgent moon illuminated the entire valley.
- Her fulgent smile lit up the room.
- The knight's armor was fulgent in the midday sun.
Advanced Usage
- Poetic/Literary Context: "Fulgent" is primarily used in poetic, literary, or formal descriptive writing to evoke a sense of magnificent or splendid brightness, rather than in everyday conversation.
- The poet described the angel's wings as fulgent with heavenly light.
Variants and Related Words
- Fulgency (n, rare): The quality or state of being fulgent; brilliant radiance.
- The fulgency of the gemstones was breathtaking.
Synonyms
- Radiant: Sending out light; shining brightly.
- Dazzling: Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily.
- Resplendent: Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.
- Gleaming: Shining brightly, especially with reflected light.
Antonyms
- Dim: Not shining brightly or clearly.
- Dull: Lacking brightness or shine.
- Lackluster: Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring.
Adjective
- shining intensely
- the blazing sun
- blinding headlights
- dazzling snow
- fulgent patterns of sunlight
- the glaring sun