Opalescent (Adjective)
Meaning
Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The sunset over the ocean was truly breathtaking, with hues of opalescent pink and purple reflecting off the rippling waves.
- Opalescent shells found on the beach caught her eye, glistening in shades of mother-of-pearl, white, and turquoise.
- After pouring oil onto the wet pavement, an opalescent sheen danced in the dim streetlight.
- When sunlight peeked through the storm clouds, a majestic display of opalescent colors formed in the atmosphere, enthralling all onlookers.
- Delicate, iridescent colors radiating an opalescent luster graced the exquisite hand-blown glass ornament on her mantelpiece.