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- pronunciation:
- luh
str
 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
shining; glossy; bright.
The new snow was lustrous in the moonlight.Her dull graying hair had once been lustrous and vibrantly red.- synonyms:
- bright, glossy, shining, shiny
- antonyms:
- dull, lusterless
- similar words:
- aglow, alight, gleaming, luminous, radiant, sleek
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| definition 2: |
admirable; splendid.
Her start on Broadway had been a failure, but she went on to have a lustrous career in the movies.- synonyms:
- glorious, shining
- antonyms:
- lusterless
- similar words:
- admirable, brilliant, celebrated, famous, resplendent, splendid
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| related words: |
bright, colorful, luminous, radiant |
adverb + (adj.)lustrous
darkly, deep, highly, perfectly, slightly
(adj.)lustrous
+ noun
bead,
black,
brown,
career,
cheekbone,
coat,
color,
cotton,
curl,
dark,
ebony,
emerald,
eye,
fabric,
finish,
flat,
flower,
fog,
fruit,
fur,
glaze,
gleam,
glint,
glow,
gold,
gown,
green,
hair,
harmony,
hue,
impact,
lash,
leaf,
light,
lipgloss,
lipstick,
lock,
lotion,
mahogany,
marble,
metal,
midnight,
pair,
pearl,
petal,
red,
sheen,
shoulder,
silk,
silver,
skin,
smile,
stem,
stone,
strand,
string,
surface,
texture,
tile,
tress,
winter,
wood
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| derivations: |
lustrously (adv.), lustrousness (n.) |
The word lustrous
contains the following parts:
lustr
Latin
root
that means shine
  Example words:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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