n. a quality that outshines the usual

n. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

n. brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise"

n. the property of being smooth and shiny

n. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

n. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

n. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

n. impressiveness in scale or proportion

n. brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise"

n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

n. the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

n. the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

n. attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"

n. a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"