different between heavenly vs radiant

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?h?v?nli/

Etymology

From Middle English heuenly, hevenly, heofonlich, from Old English heofonl?? (“heavenly, celestial; chaste”); equivalent to heaven +? -ly.

Adjective

heavenly (comparative heavenlier or more heavenly, superlative heavenliest or most heavenly)

1. Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.
2. Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
3. Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God; divine.
   • 1817, Charles Phillips (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O?Mullan v. M?Korkill, The Speeches of Charles Phillips, page 131,

     No doubt, you have all personally considered — no doubt, you have all personally experienced, that of all the blessings which it has pleased Providence to allow us to cultivate, there is not one which breathes a purer fragrance, or bears an heavenlier aspect than education.

4. Strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable.

   Oh, please continue giving me a massage – it?s absolutely heavenly.

   • 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, The Works of Mark Twain: Authorized Uniform Edition, Volume 1, page 19,

     So he flew down and got that acorn, and fetched it up and dropped it in, and was just tilting his head back, with the heavenliest smile on his face, when all of a sudden he was paralyzed into a listening attitude and that smile faded gradually out of his countenance like breath off?n a razor, and the queerest look of surprise took its place.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the heaven of any of many religions): celestial; celest (obsolete); paradisal, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisic (inexact)
• (of or pertaining to the Kingdom of God): divine, spiritual
• (strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable): beatific, blissful, divine, delightful, wonderful

Translations

Adverb

heavenly (comparative more heavenly, superlative most heavenly)

1. In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
2. To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Middle French radiant, from Latin radians, radiantis, present participle of radiare (“to emit rays or beams”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?di.?nt/

Adjective

radiant (comparative more radiant, superlative most radiant)

1. Radiating light and/or heat.

2. Emitted as radiation.
3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness.

   • His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?!  You?!  Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

4. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
5. (heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.

6. (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.

Translations

Noun

radiant (plural radiants)

1. A point source from which radiation is emitted.
2. (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
3. (geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

Translations

Anagrams

• anti-rad, antirad, intrada, itardan

French

Pronunciation

Verb

radiant

1. present participle of radier

Latin

Verb

radiant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of radi?

Romanian

Etymology

From French radiant.

Adjective

radiant m or n (feminine singular radiant?, masculine plural radian?i, feminine and neuter plural radiante)

1. radiant

Declension