Local English word record

lambent

adjective · 1 sense

softly bright or radiant

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Examples

  • a house aglow with lights
  • glowing embers
  • lambent tongues of flame
  • the lucent moon
  • a sky luminous with stars

Word relationships

Synonyms

aglow(p), lucent, luminous

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Princeton WordNet 3.0