adj. shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"

adj. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"

adj. softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"

adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"

adj. small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes"

adj. radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"

adj. shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars"

adj. (metaphor) shining brightly

adj. full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"

adj. emitting light in sudden short or intermittent bursts; "flashing lightning and roaring thunder"

adj. shining softly and intermittently; "the glimmering mist of a spring rain splashed by sun and streaked by rainbow"- Claudia Cassidy; "glimmering candlelight"

adj. having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

adj. glistening tremulously; "the shimmery surface of the lake"; "a dress of shimmery satin"

adj. reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"

adj. having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen"

adj. not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"

adj. commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"

adj. impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

adj. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"

adj. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"

adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

adj. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval

adj. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"

adj. impressive in appearance

adj. intellectually or emotionally overwhelming; "a mind-boggling display"; "a mind-boggling puzzle"

adj. suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht"

adj. notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"

adj. extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"

adj. emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"

adj. not capable of impressing

adj. depressing to the spirit; "a villa of uninspiring design"