scintillating
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(verb) give off. Synonyms: scintillate. Examples: "The substance scintillated sparks and flashes."
Verb Definition 1
(verb) reflect brightly. Synonyms: sparkle, scintillate, coruscate. Examples: "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside."
Verb Definition 2
(verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner. Synonyms: twinkle, winkle, scintillate. Examples: "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?."
Verb Definition 3
(verb) physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon. Synonyms: scintillate. Examples: "The phosphor fluoresced."
Verb Definition 4
(verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity. Synonyms: sparkle, scintillate, coruscate. Examples: "The musical performance sparkled." "A scintillating conversation." "His playing coruscated throughout the concert hall."
Verb Definition 5
(adj) brilliantly clever. Examples: "Scintillating wit." "A play full of scintillating dialogue."
Adjective Definition 1
(adj) marked by high spirits or excitement. Synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, sparkly. Examples: "His fertile effervescent mind." "Scintillating personality." "A row of sparkly cheerleaders."
Adjective Definition 2
(adj) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light. Synonyms: aglitter(predicate), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, sparkly. Examples: "Bugle beads all aglitter." "Glinting eyes." "Glinting water." "His glittering eyes were cold and malevolent." "Shop window full of glittering christmas trees." "Glittery costume jewelry." "Scintillant mica." "The scintillating stars." "A dress with sparkly sequins." "`glistering' is an archaic term."
Adjective Definition 3