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UK
/bɹˈɪlɪənt/
]
[ US /ˈbɹɪɫjənt/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹɪɫjənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having strong or striking color
a bird with vivid plumage
brilliant tapestries
bright dress -
characterized by grandeur
magnificent cathedrals
the splendid coronation ceremony
the brilliant court life at Versailles
a glorious work of art -
of surpassing excellence
a superb actor
a brilliant performance -
having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
a brilliant mind
a brilliant solution to the problem
our project needs brainy women -
full of light; shining intensely
brilliant chandeliers
a brilliant star -
clear and sharp and ringing
the bright sound of the trumpet section
the brilliant sound of the trumpets
How To Use brilliant In A Sentence
- It's not bad but neither is it brilliant - which won't bother 99 per cent of buyers one jot as they are in it for the image.
- The captain's armband must have special powers because he's been brilliant. Times, Sunday Times
- A few talented writers en dowed with originality and exceptional animation, a few brilliant efforts, isolated, without following, interrupted and recommenced, did not suffice to endow a nation with a solid and imposing basis of literary wealth. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
- Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
- Defensive tackle is a bit more of a crapshoot, but the one thing they must make sure of is that whomever they take has a brilliant mind.
- Luke was a brilliant student despite the fact that he was a notorious slacker.
- The requests were the old ones: portraits of pretty mistresses done up as Arcadian shepherdesses, Virgins with downcast eyes and brilliant blue cloaks, sentimentalised pictures of the Infant Christ.
- Established couples let old regrets go and focus on a brilliant future together. The Sun
- The group, composed of four brilliant and accomplished musicians playing the guitar, mandolin, bagpipe, piccolo and violin, will bring their highly original sound to the stage.
- Their show consists of two hours of adult side-splitting comedy and brilliant live music.