All lustered synonyms
lusΒ·tered
L l verb lustered
- polish β to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- gild β to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
- lacquer β a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- shine β to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- rub β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- glaze β to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window.
- furbish β to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- gloss β an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- smooth β free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- wax β a fit of anger; rage.
- glance β to look quickly or briefly.
- luster β a person who lusts: a luster after power.
- sheen β Fulton (John) 1895β1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
- buff β Something that is buff is pale brown in colour.
- patina β a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- polish β to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- wash β to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- coat β A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- surface β the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- paint β a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- decorate β If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- adorn β If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.
- shellac β lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- veneer β a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- japan β a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Capital: Tokyo. Japanese Nihon, Nippon.
- japanned β any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- varnished β a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
noun lustered
- shone β a simple past tense and past participle of shine1 .
- gleamed β a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
- glinted β a tiny, quick flash of light.
- glossed β Having a gloss.
- polished β made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- glittered β Simple past tense and past participle of glitter.
- glowed β a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity; incandescence.
- shimmered β to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
- burnished β You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- dazzled β to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light: He was dazzled by the sudden sunlight.
- glazed β having a surface covered with a glaze; lustrous; smooth; glassy.