opalescent
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˌoʊpəˈlɛsənt/
:
opalescente
- The opalescent light from the stained glass window illuminated the room with a rainbow of colors.
- opalescent sky
- opalescent glass
- opalescent pearl
It's a primer, but this has the same glow like that nice pinky opalescent glow to it.
- It's a primer, but this has the same glow like that nice pinky opalescent glow to it.
Examples
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In the valley below, the Gray Deer River gleamed with an opalescent fire.
Fiction book (1992) -
Ylfcwen trained her opalescent eyes on him.
Fiction book (1993) -
Their skin, I saw, was opalescent.
Fiction book (1997) -
Suddenly he remembered the stone with the opalescent surface.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's that first layer of really opalescent highlights that I used.
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Golden pillars supported an opalescent ceiling.
Fiction book (1990) -
Above it, an opalescent square of sky boiled with thunderclouds.
Fiction book (1993) -
Dusk descended like opalescent veils of smoke.
Fiction book (1990) -
The blue glare of the mercury street lamps diffused by the rain was restrained and opalescent.
Fiction book (1999) -
Moreover, like everything else in fire-domed Matherion, the entire room was sheathed in opalescent mother-of-pearl.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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7.6
Bright colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
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6.7
Having the shape of a prism or showing bright rainbow colours
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A thing with a shiny, rainbow-like surface like an opal
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A shiny surface like a pearl that shows rainbow colors when you move it
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A shiny, pearly surface that shows soft rainbow colors
Having a milky rainbow shine that changes with light
Having a shiny surface that shows soft changing colors like a pearl
A surface with changing bright colors like a rainbow when light hits it
Shining with a changing color or light when you look from different angles
Antonyms
How Iridescent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word opalescent comes from opal, a jewel known for its milky, rainbow flashes, plus the ending -escent meaning 'becoming'. So opalescent describes something that looks like an opal, 'showing soft, rainbow-like colors'.