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resplendent

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The resplendent sun rose over the horizon.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye; splendid in appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The peacock displayed its resplendent plumage.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: refulgent, brilliant, dazzling, gorgeous

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Magnificent; glorious; splendid; marked by extraordinary excellence or beauty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • The queen appeared in resplendent majesty.
  • They celebrated their resplendent victory.
  • His career was resplendent with achievements.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

having great beauty and splendor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a glorious spring morning
  • a glorious sunset
  • splendid costumes
  • a kind of splendiferous native simplicity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: glorious, splendid, splendiferous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend + -ent, from Latin resplendere (“to shine back, glitter”).

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: loistava — shining brilliantly
  • Finnish: säteileväinen — shining brilliantly
  • French: resplendissant — shining brilliantly
  • German: strahlend — shining brilliantly
  • German: glänzend — shining brilliantly
  • Portuguese: resplendente — shining brilliantly
  • Russian: сия́ющий (sijájuščij) — shining brilliantly
  • Russian: блиста́ющий (blistájuščij) — shining brilliantly
  • Spanish: resplandeciente — shining brilliantly
  • Arabic: نَاضِر (nāḍir) — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Bulgarian: бляскав (bljaskav) — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燦爛 /灿烂 (cànlàn) — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Czech: zářivý — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Czech: oslnivý — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Czech: třpytivý — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Czech: skvoucí — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Danish: strålende — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Dutch: sprankelend — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Dutch: blinkend — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Finnish: loistava — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • French: resplendissant — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • German: prachtvoll — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • German: prächtig — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • German: glänzend — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Greek: αστραφτερός (astrafterós) — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Hungarian: ragyogó — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Māori: wheriko — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Polish: błyszczący — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Portuguese: resplendente — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Portuguese: resplandecente — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Russian: блиста́тельный (blistátelʹnyj) — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Serbo-Croatian: blistav — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Spanish: resplandeciente — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Turkish: göz alıcı — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Turkish: muhteşem — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Turkish: şaşaalı — shiny and colorful, pleasing to the eye
  • Finnish: loistava — magnificent, glorious
  • Finnish: upea — magnificent, glorious
  • French: magnifique — magnificent, glorious
  • French: splendide — magnificent, glorious
  • German: prachtvoll — magnificent, glorious
  • German: herrlich — magnificent, glorious
  • Portuguese: magnífico — magnificent, glorious
  • Portuguese: esplêndido — magnificent, glorious
  • Russian: велико́лепный (velikólepnyj) — magnificent, glorious
  • Russian: блиста́тельный (blistátelʹnyj) — magnificent, glorious
  • Spanish: magnífico — magnificent, glorious
  • Spanish: espléndido — magnificent, glorious
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