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glowing

[ gloh-ing ]

adjective

  1. rich and warm in coloring:

    glowing colors.

  2. showing the radiance of health, excitement, etc.:

    glowing cheeks.

  3. warmly favorable or complimentary:

    a glowing account of her work.

    Synonyms: unstinting, rapturous, enthusiastic, wholehearted, ardent



glowing

/ ˈɡləʊɪŋ /

adjective

  1. emitting a steady bright light without flames

    glowing embers

  2. warm and rich in colour

    the room was decorated in glowing shades of gold and orange

  3. flushed and rosy, as from exercise or excitement

    glowing cheeks

  4. displaying or indicative of extreme satisfaction, pride, or emotion

    he gave a glowing account of his son's achievements

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈglowingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • glowing·ly adverb
  • un·glowing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glowing1

before 1000; Middle English glowynge, Old English glowende. See glow, -ing 2
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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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