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scintillating

scin·til·lat·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sin-tl-ey-ting]
    • /ˈsɪn tlˌeɪ tɪŋ/
    • /ˈsɪn.tɪ.leɪ.tɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sin-tl-ey-ting]
    • /ˈsɪn tlˌeɪ tɪŋ/

Definitions of scintillating word

  • adjective scintillating animated; vivacious; effervescent: a scintillating personality. 1
  • adjective scintillating witty; brilliantly clever: a scintillating conversationalist; a play full of scintillating dialogue. 1
  • verb without object scintillating to emit sparks. 1
  • verb without object scintillating to sparkle; flash: a mind that scintillates with brilliance. 1
  • verb without object scintillating to twinkle, as the stars. 1
  • verb without object scintillating Electronics. (of a spot of light or image on a radar display) to shift rapidly around a mean position. 1
See all 13 definitions of scintillating

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Origin of scintillating

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; scintillate + -ing1

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Parts of speech for Scintillating

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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scintillating popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for scintillating

adj scintillating

  • agleam — glowing; gleaming
  • aglow — If something is aglow, it is shining and bright with a soft, warm light.
  • auroral — of or like the dawn.
  • beaming — sending out beams; shining
  • bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.

adjective scintillating

  • fairylike — Resembling a fairy or some aspect of one.
  • flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
  • fulgid — Scintillant, coruscant; marked by fleeting flashes of radiant light.
  • glimmering — a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
  • glimmery — Glimmering; shimmery.
All 31 Synonyms of scintillating

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Related words

  • twinkle

    to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
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