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Synonyms for effulgence


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-fuhl-juh ns, ih-foo l‐
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfʌl dʒəns, ɪˈfʊl‐



Définition of effulgence

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Late Latin effulgentia (from Latin effulgentum; see effulgent) + -ce.
  • noun brightness
Example sentences :
  • She turned to me, and the glory of her eyes fell about my soul like an effulgence.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • All eyes were bent on her; the other actors were obscured by her effulgence, and were not noticed.
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • "Your Effulgence may sit at my right hand," said the commander pleasantly.
  • Extract from : « Despoilers of the Golden Empire » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • "Ggaran, you explain it to the Earthling," said His Effulgence.
  • Extract from : « Upstarts » by L. J. Stecher
  • And yet the effulgence of her countenance vivified while it chastened me.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • When the fire is made, you want to sit in front of it and grow genial in its effulgence.
  • Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • It sheds an effulgence upon youth, and throws a halo round age.
  • Extract from : « Character » by Samuel Smiles
  • They shone in their own effulgence, and borrowed no light from honor or respect.
  • Extract from : « Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. » by W. Fletcher Johnson
  • It seemed to me as if it filled the world with its effulgence.
  • Extract from : « Love After Marriage; and Other Stories of the Heart » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • The eagle, that goes up at noon-day to the sun, would be amazed in its effulgence.
  • Extract from : « The Portland Sketch Book » by Various

Antonyms for effulgence

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