The adjective radiant is useful for describing anything that glows with warmth or light. When you open your eyes on a sunny summer morning and see your curtains glowing with sunlight, you can call them radiant.
Emitting or proceeding as from a center; [U.S.] rays; radiating; radiate.
Adjective S.
radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"
a.
Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays;
radiating; radiate.
a.
Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat;
issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid
light or splendor; as, the radiant sun.
a.
Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.
a.
Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun
radiant; a crown radiant.
a.
Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers
of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has
such marginal flowers.
n.
The luminous point or object from which light emanates;
also, a body radiating light brightly.
n.
A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed
pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
n.
The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of
shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to
radiate.
Radiant
Mark what radiant state she spreads.3.
Radiant
Emitting or proceeding as from a center; [U.S.] rays; radiating; radiate.
The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly.
Usage Examples
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age.
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Other Usage ExamplesWhat a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.
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