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glowing
[ gloh-ing ]
adjective
- rich and warm in coloring:
glowing colors.
- showing the radiance of health, excitement, etc.:
glowing cheeks.
- warmly favorable or complimentary:
a glowing account of her work.
Synonyms: unstinting, rapturous, enthusiastic, wholehearted, ardent
glowing
/ ˈɡləʊɪŋ /
adjective
- emitting a steady bright light without flames
glowing embers
- warm and rich in colour
the room was decorated in glowing shades of gold and orange
- flushed and rosy, as from exercise or excitement
glowing cheeks
- displaying or indicative of extreme satisfaction, pride, or emotion
he gave a glowing account of his son's achievements
Derived Forms
- ˈglowingly, adverb
Other Words From
- glowing·ly adverb
- un·glowing adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
My mailman, David, is the sunny-faced sort who brightens my block each afternoon, no matter the weather, with a glowing smile.
His latest novel, The Zone of Interest, has just been published to generally glowing reviews both here and in England.
The Duke disappeared into a darkened side room, where he sat inches from a glowing television screen, gazing at golf.
Schwend had described Glavan in glowing terms to US intelligence in 1946, but, clearly, the two men had had a falling out.
The feedback you got each week from the judges was always so glowing.
Which latter circumstance he begged Mr. Perker to note, with a glowing countenance and many marks of indignation.
It was then that for a moment I caught sight of a pair of glowing, fiery eyes shining through the darkness.
Not a sign of the long voyage, of the storms, of the glowing heat she has suffered, must be visible.
Behind that hill, on the eastward ridge, a great ball is glowing, fiery red.
The quiet of the deserted building incircled the little, glowing room as the velvet incircles the jewel in its case.
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