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How to pronounce luster in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms brilliancy, lustre, splendor, splendour
Type of brightness
Type Words
Synonyms lustre
Type of glaze
Type Words
Synonyms lustre, sheen, shininess
Type of radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, effulgence

Examples of luster

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The brand lost luster after Neiman Marcus Group bought majority control in 1999.
From the businessweek.com
This proliferation of motor sports on TV has taken some luster off the Indy 500.
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Her April 20, 2008, win in Japan in the IndyCar Series only added to the luster.
From the stltoday.com
What seems to have happened is that some recent stumbles dulled Wuffli's luster.
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I think that under the right management, it can reclaim some of its lost luster.
From the stltoday.com
Clearly, Apple is not losing its luster but it is taking a much-needed breather.
From the forbes.com
Indeed, the luster seems to have faded from the technology, at least this year.
From the usatoday.com
No amount of cheese-paring by classicists can dim the brilliance of his luster.
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Psychologists find that experiences tend to gather luster in our minds over time.
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More examples
  • A quality that outshines the usual
  • Shininess: the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
  • A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
  • Luster is a 2002 gay-themed drama film written and directed by Everett Lewis. The film is about a weekend in the lives of a group of friends in the Los Angeles queer punk scene. ...
  • Lustre (or luster) is a description of the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral. For example, a diamond is said to have an adamantine lustre and pyrite is said to have a metallic lustre. ...
  • (Lustered) Lusterware or Lustreware (respectively the US and British English spellings) is a type of pottery or porcelain with a metallic glaze that gives the effect of iridescence, produced by metallic oxides in an overglaze finish, which is given a second firing at a lower temperature in a " ...
  • Shine, polish or sparkle; By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor; Refinement, polish or quality; To gleam, have luster; To give luster, distinguish; To give a coating or other treatment to impart physical luster
  • (Lusters) Angels who maintain sex in the es world by proximity to mortals. Nocturnal visitors for secret vice. (The cause of the evil habit in men, and also the producers of harlots amongst women.)
  • The hue and depth of reflection from pearls, opals or other opaque stones.