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  • 121finish —    Something that concludes, completes, or perfects, especially the last coating or treatment of a surface, or the surface texture resulting from such a coating or treatment. A finish in this sense might be described as matt, semi gloss, or… …

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  • 122radiant — a. 1. Beaming, shining, brilliant, splendid, resplendent, effulgent, sparkling, lustrous, glittering, luminous, glorious. 2. (Bot.) Radiate …

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  • 123shining — a. 1. Beaming, gleaming. 2. Radiant, bright, splendid, glistening, lustrous, brilliant, glittering, resplendent, effulgent, glowing, lucid, luminous. 3. Illustrious, splendid, conspicuous, distinguished …

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  • 124bright — I. a. 1. Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, glittering, glistening, glistering, twinkling, beaming, shimmering, sparkling, scintillating, scintillant, coruscating, flashing, flaming, blazing, dazzling, irradiant …

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  • 125iridescent — adjective an iridescent film of oil on the puddle Syn: opalescent, nacreous; shimmering, luminous, glittering, sparkling, dazzling, shining, gleaming, glowing, lustrous, scintillating; kaleidoscopic, rainbow colored, multicolored; literary… …

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  • 126beaming — adj radiant, refulgent, effulgent, *bright, brilliant, luminous, lustrous, lambent, lucent, incandescent Analogous words: flashing, gleaming, glittering, glistening, glinting, sparkling, coruscating, scintillating (see FLASH vb): glowing, flaming …

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  • 127brilliant — 1 radiant, luminous, *bright, effulgent, lustrous, refulgent, beaming, lambent, lucent, incandescent Analogous words: flashing, scintillating, sparkling, gleaming, glittering, coruscating (see FLASH vb): blazing flaming, flaring, glowing (see… …

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  • 128effulgent — radiant, luminous, brilliant, *bright, lustrous, refulgent, beaming, lambent, lucent, incandescent Analogous words: flaming, blazing, glowing, flaring (see BLAZE vb): flashing, gleaming (see FLASH vb): resplendent, *splendid, glorious Contrasted… …

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