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(adj)
Gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous; of remarkable beauty.
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Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
Possessing prominent and varied colors.
British standard spelling of colorful.
Loud and clear.
(of an image or color) Bright, intense, or colourful.
Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
(simile, idiomatic) Very intelligent.
Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
Higher in rank, status, or quality.
First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
(informal) Very intellectually capable.
Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.
Tending to reverberate.
(rare, poetic) Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.
(n)
The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
(v)
(intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily; bright to the degree that dazzles.
That glows or glow.
(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
Reflecting light.
(figurative) Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty.
Brightly sparkling.
giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery
Emitting light.
Brilliance; luster.
Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
Looking deeply into; piercing
Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
(ambitransitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
Made smooth or shiny by polishing.
(by extension) Emphatic, noteworthy.
(Canada, US, dated slang) Excellent.
Radiating light and/or heat.
Senses relating to curliness.
Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
Pulsing with energy or activity.
(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
(informal) Very large.
Extraordinarily amazing.
Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
Of a large size or extent; great.
Creating or producing excitement.
Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.
Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
Amazing or worthy of special notice.
Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
Filled with inspiration or motivated.
Abbreviation of golliwog:.
(slang, dated) Clipping of radical (“excellent”). [Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.]
(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy.
A shout of "bravo!"
Possessing insight; percipient.
Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
Of a person, displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
(colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
Senses referring to subjective quality.
(informal) Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
(of a person or place, sometimes endearing) Very beautiful.
(British spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
(American spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
(colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
(informal) An utterance of "wow".
Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
Capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.
(UK, slang) A pickpocket.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Endowed with one or more talents.
(colloquial, Canada, US, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.
Executed in the manner of a master; showing competence and skill; masterful.
One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
Excellent; first-rate.
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
In the manner of a master; very skillful.ç