Found 2 items, similar to scintillating.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scintillating
scintillating
adj 1: brilliantly clever;
“scintillating wit”;
“a play full of
scintillating dialogue”
2: marked by high spirits or excitement;
“his fertile
effervescent mind”;
“scintillating personality”;
“sparkling conversation”;
“a row of sparkly cheerleaders”
[syn:
bubbling,
effervescent,
sparkling,
sparkly]
3: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;
“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" [syn:
aglitter(p),
coruscant,
fulgid,
glinting,
glistering,
glittering,
glittery,
scintillant,
sparkling(a),
sparkly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scintillating
Scintillate
\Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Scintillated;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scintillating.] [L. scintillare,
scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf.
Stencil.]
1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
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As the electrical globe only scintillates when
rubbed against its cushion. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
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