resplendent
Shining with splendor
Resplendent means brilliantly shining or splendid in appearance.
The word suggests dazzling visual impact—gleaming surfaces, rich colors, elaborate ornamentation: The palace was resplendent with gold leaf and crystal chandeliers.
It often describes ceremonial dress or natural beauty at its most impressive: a peacock resplendent in full plumage, the bride looked resplendent.
Overwhelmingly bright or impressive
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- glitteringShining with small flashes
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
scintillating · glowing · effulgent · lustrous · incandescent · coruscating · refulgent · luminous
Magnificently beautiful or impressive
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
- regalOf or befitting royalty
- statelyGrand and imposing
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
imposing · sublime · exalted · monumental · impressive · noble · august · palatial
Gracefully refined, tasteful
- gorgeousStrikingly beautiful
- stunningExtremely impressive or beautiful
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- beautifulExtremely pleasing aesthetically
ravishing · glamorous · exquisite · divine · lovely · handsome · dashing · fine
Abundant beyond necessity
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- ornateElaborately decorated
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
- bejeweledDecorated with precious stones
embellished · decorated · adorned · embroidered · jeweled · festooned · bedecked · ornamental
dazzling
Overwhelmingly bright or impressive
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- glitteringShining with small flashes
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
shimmering · scintillating · glowing · effulgent · lustrous · incandescent · coruscating · refulgent · luminous · gleaming
glorious
Magnificently beautiful or impressive
grandiose · imposing · sublime · exalted · monumental · impressive · noble · august · palatial · sumptuous
elegant
Gracefully refined, tasteful
beautiful · ravishing · glamorous · exquisite · divine · lovely · handsome · dashing · fine · statuesque
lavish
Abundant beyond necessity
bejeweled · embellished · decorated · adorned · embroidered · jeweled · festooned · bedecked · ornamental · filigree
- aestheticsaesthetics, aesthetic, beauty, beautiful, ugly
- attractiveattractive, beautiful, gorgeous, pretty, handsome
- ornateornate, elaborate, embellished, decorative, ornamental
- Brilliantbrilliant, bright, radiant, dazzling, luminous
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation
- grand stylegrandeur, sublime, majestic, magnificence, eloquence
resplendentdull
Lacking edge or interest
dim · dark · lusterless · lackluster · drab