Radiant

/ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/ · adjective

Meaning

Radiating light and/or heat..

Definitions by Sense

1. Radiating light and/or heat.
2. Emitted as radiation.
3. (figurative) Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
4. (figurative) Strikingly beautiful.
5. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
6. (heraldry, of a bearing) Giving off rays.
7. (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
8. A point source from which radiation is emitted.

Example Sentences

the radiant sun

They in ranks / Sat all, where ſtood the fiery ſteeds of each, / And where his radiant arms lay on the field.

a radiant face

His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil ! You ! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.

And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false.

the sun radiant

a crown radiant

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Word Forms

• more radiant
• most radiant
• radient
• radiants

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