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scintillating   (TTS Sound)



Overview of verb scintillate

The verb scintillate has 5 senses


  • scintillate -- (give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes")

  • sparkle, scintillate, coruscate -- (reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside")

  • twinkle, winkle, scintillate -- (emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?")

  • scintillate -- (physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced")

  • sparkle, scintillate, coruscate -- (be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall")


Overview of adj scintillating

The adj scintillating has 3 senses


  • scintillating -- (brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue")

  • bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly -- (marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders")

  • aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly -- (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")