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   Ra·di·ant

   /ˈrādēənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. sending out light; shining or glowing brightly: "a bird with radiant green and red plumage" Similar shiningbrightilluminatedlitlightedbrilliantgleamingglowingablazeluminousluminescentlustrousincandescentglitteringsparklingcoruscatingdazzlingflashingshimmeringinformal:glowyliterary:irradiantlucentlambentsplendentrare:effulgentrefulgentOpposite darkdull
   • ▪ (of a person or their expression) clearly emanating great joy, love, or health: "she gave him a radiant smile" Similar joyfulelatedthrilledoverjoyedjubilantin rapturesenrapturedrapturousecstaticbeside oneself with joyeuphoricdeliriously happyblissfully happyin seventh heavenon cloud nine/sevendelightedjoyouspleasedhappybeamingglowingtransportedin transports of joy/pleasure/delightinformal:on top of the worldover the moonblissed outwrappedOpposite gloomy
   • ▪ (of an emotion or quality) emanating powerfully from someone or something; very intense or conspicuous: "he praised her radiant self-confidence" Similar splendidmagnificentbrilliantdazzlingscintillatingcoruscatingvividintensebeautifulgorgeoustranscendentresplendentimpressivespectacularstrikingstunningglorioussuperbmajesticgreatbreathtakingravishingsumptuousfineinformal:splendiferousrare:splendaciousmagnolious
   • 2. (of heat) transmitted by radiation, rather than conduction or convection: "plants convert the radiant energy of the sun into chemical energy"
   • ▪ (of an appliance) designed to emit radiant energy, especially for cooking or heating: "a radiant heater"

   noun

   • 1. a point or object from which light or heat radiates, especially a heating element in an electric or gas heater: "I sat down by my hissing gas fire—one of the radiants was missing"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin radiant- ‘emitting rays’, from the verb radiare (see radiate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. radiancy noun
   • 2. radiantly adverb

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