adjective
brilliantly clever
Examples
- scintillating wit
- a play full of scintillating dialogue
adjective
marked by high spirits or excitement
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- his fertile effervescent mind
- scintillating personality
- a row of sparkly cheerleaders
adjective
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
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- 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
verb
give off
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- the substance scintillated sparks and flashes
verb
reflect brightly
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- Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside
verb
emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
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- Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
verb
physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
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- the phosphor fluoresced
verb
be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
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- The musical performance sparkled
- A scintillating conversation
- his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall