radiant

/'reidjənt/

Thân thiện

The bride looked radiant in her white gown.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Emitting or seeming to emit light; shining brightly: Describes something that gives off a strong, glowing light.
   • Expressing great happiness, love, or health: Describes a person whose face or expression is glowing with a positive emotion or vitality.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The bride looked absolutely radiant in her white gown. (Her face was glowing with happiness and beauty.)
  • We warmed ourselves by the radiant heat of the fireplace. (The heat was emitted directly from the fire.)
  • The sky was a radiant pink at sunset. (The sky was shining with a bright pink color.)

Advanced Usage

• "Radiant with": Used to indicate the cause of the glowing appearance, typically an emotion.
  • Her face was radiant with joy when she heard the news. (Her face was shining brightly because of her joy.)

Variants and Related Words

• Radiance (noun): The quality or state of being radiant; bright light or a glowing expression.
  • The radiance of her smile lit up the room.
• Radiantly (adverb): In a radiant manner.
  • She smiled radiantly at the audience.

Synonyms

• Beaming: Shining brightly; smiling brightly with happiness.
• Glowing: Emitting a steady, warm light; showing a warm color or expression.
• Luminous: Emitting or reflecting light, especially in the dark.

Related Phrases and Collocations

• Radiant energy: (Physics) Energy transmitted in the form of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., light, heat).
• Radiant heating: A system that heats a space by radiating heat from a warm surface.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. radiating or as if radiating light
   • the beaming sun
   • the effulgent daffodils
   • a radiant sunrise
   • a refulgent sunset

Từ đồng nghĩa

• beaming
• beamy
• effulgent
• refulgent