What are some alternative words for glowing?
Synonyms for glowing
ˈgloʊ ɪŋ
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Princeton's WordNet
radiance, glow, glowing(adj)
the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
Synonyms:
refulgence, lambency, incandescence, refulgency, luminescence, freshness, effulgence, shine, gleam, gleaming, radiance, glow, radiancyAntonyms:
unenthusiasticglowing(adj)
highly enthusiastic
"glowing praise"
Antonyms:
unenthusiastic
English Synonyms and Antonyms
glowing
One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.
Synonyms:
animated, anxious, ardent, burning, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, hot, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealousAntonyms:
apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmovedPreposition:
Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
glowing(a)
Synonyms:
ardent, passionate, warm, flushed, luminous, incandescent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "glowing":
laudatory, radiant, shiny, enthusiastic, brilliant, luminous, complimentary, bright
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#487 | hot | |
#3757 | bright | |
#4429 | burning | |
#5288 | animated | |
#5534 | intent | |
#6035 | brilliant | |
#7174 | intense | |
#9051 | shine | |
#9217 | keen | |
#9440 | complimentary | |
#9651 | glow | |
#11300 | eager | |
#12379 | shining | |
#13343 | shiny | |
#13784 | enthusiastic | |
#13864 | anxious | |
#15331 | radiant | |
#17693 | earnest | |
#18433 | glowing | |
#18470 | fiery | |
#20603 | luminous | |
#22685 | radiance | |
#22948 | longing | |
#25242 | freshness | |
#27965 | impatient | |
#31690 | yearning | |
#33982 | ardent | |
#35783 | gleaming | |
#43874 | zealous | |
#46093 | fervent | |
#46387 | desirous | |
#48023 | gleam | |
#51448 | luminescence | |
#76435 | vehement | |
#83664 | impetuous | |
#146956 | incandescence | |
#161216 | laudatory | |
#205935 | fervid | |
#209248 | effulgence | |
#210695 | importunate |
How to use glowing in a sentence?
On the one hand you hear glowing stories of growth and prosperity, shiny new buildings being built, big cars, nice homes, and lots of consumption. But Africa is producing bigger and bigger numbers of poor people, so poor so desperate.
We provided copies of previous reviews which are all glowing, they talk about what a wonderful coach he is. It’s like getting straight A’s and then getting an F. Obviously, there is something more to this.
I view it as sort of a hypothetical risk, so yes, I'm careful, I'll wash my hands, but I don't sort of regard it as glowing radioactively with virus.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every talent which a man can be possessed of. It heightens all the virtues which it accompanies; like the shades of paintings, it raises and rounds every figure, and makes the colours more beautiful, though not so glowing as they would be without it.
Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may have mean and meagre faces; but man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run to throw their costliest robes.
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