Lustre

Word LUSTRE
Character 6
Hyphenation lus tre
Pronunciations /ˈlʌstə/

Definitions and meanings of "Lustre"

What do we mean by lustre?

See luster . noun

Etc. See luster , etc. noun

Same as luster. noun

A period of five years; a lustrum. noun

Alternative spelling of luster. Shine, sheen gleam or polish. noun

By extension, interest, attractiveness, or splendor. noun

Refinement, polish, or quality. noun

To make lustrous. verb

The visual property of something that shines with reflected light noun

A quality that outshines the usual noun

A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain noun

Shine, polish or sparkle.

By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.

Refinement, polish or quality.

A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, etc. generally of an ornamental character.

A substance that imparts lustre to a surface, such as plumbago or a glaze.

Lusterware.

A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, used for women's dresses.

A sizzling hot woman, who's very brave and fucking gorgeous Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lustre

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The word "lustre" in example sentences

I almost didn't but this issue, as the lustre is gone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You have lived long enough in the East and, as your writings show, observantly enough, to detect the pearl which lurks in the kitchen-midden, and to note that its lustre is not dimmed nor its value diminished by its unclean surroundings. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Theophilus, after paying the same compliment, wished, as it concerned himself, to know what had been said; and glided to the other end of the shop, to look for the word lustre in Entick's dictionary. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It is the Nobel Prize that gains lustre from the recipient ❋ Unknown (1972)

All eyes were fixed upon me, and the sensation they conveyed was awfully impressive; but the keen, the penetrating eyes of Mr. Garrick, darting their lustre from the centre of the orchestra, were, beyond all others, the objects most conspicuous. ❋ Mary Elizabeth Robinson (1895)

"The loss of such a man, in such a crisis; of a man who possessed so large and growing a share of the public confidence, and whose administration has recently borrowed new lustre from the crowning achievements of our armies; of a ruler whom victory was inspiring with the wise and paternal magnanimity which sought to make the conciliation as cordial as the strife has been deadly: the loss of such a President, at such a conjuncture, is an afflicting dispensation which bows a disappointed and stricken nation in sorrow more deep, sincere, and universal than ever before supplicated the compassion of pitying Heaven." ❋ Unknown (1865)

Those testimonials give a lustre, which is not to be despised; for the most ignorant are forced to seem, at least, to pay a regard to learning, as the most wicked are to virtue. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Juan expurgated, and yet displaying a galaxy of connected lustre, which is well calculated to throw a halo of splendour round the memory of Lord Byron. ❋ John Hughes (N/A)

This is partly owing to the dung of a vast multitude of sea-fowl, and partly to a coating of a hard glossy substance with a pearly lustre, which is intimately united to the surface of the rocks. ❋ Unknown (1909)

And Susan Peckaby, a robe of purple, of the stuff called lustre, laid up in state, to be donned when the occasion came, passed her time, night and day, at her door and windows, looking out for the white donkey that was to bear her in triumph to New ❋ Henry Wood (1850)

This is partly owing to the dung of a vast multitude of seafowl, and partly to a coating of a hard glossy substance with a pearly lustre, which is intimately united to the surface of the rocks. ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

There are, it seems, still women prepared to pay €3,000 (£2,600) for a fox-trimmed suede skirt or €75 (£65) for a small milk jug, even from a label whose lustre could do with a polish. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Sir Theophilus, after paying the same compliment, wished, as it concerned himself, to know what had been said; and glided to the other end of the shop, to look for the word lustre in Entick's dictionary. ❋ Unknown (1796)

a pearly lustre, which is intimately united to the surface of the rocks. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Indeed, she went smilingly about the work she found for herself, waited upon Ieuan serenely and deftly, and continued to distil about her a kind of lustre that could not come from an unhappy woman. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Two very remarkable men have at different periods conferred a kind of lustre upon Bangor by residing in it, Taliesin in the old, and Edmund ❋ Unknown (2004)

The moon was entering her last quarter, so that it was dark till nearly midnight, and the stars were misty, not glowing with that lustre which is so often characteristic of cool nights. ❋ Unknown (2003)

[You heard] about [Nadine Lustre's] new [movie]? ❋ Aflim (2017)

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