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Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. that scintillates with brief flashes of light
- adj. brilliantly clever, amusing or witty
- v. present participle of scintillate.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. brilliantly clever
- adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- adj. marked by high spirits or excitement
Etymologies
- Latin scintillāre, scintillāt-, from scintilla, spark.
Examples
“I overdid it, she thought in terror, as she recalled her scintillating remarks and elaborate manner.”
“Pointe's performances have been described as scintillating and legendary, and she spent a few minutes with us to give us the lowdown on what to expect.”
“What a "scintillating" speech the new leader made, according to the Mirror.”
The Guardian: Ed Miliband is ahead of the pack while pundits are stuck in Gridlock Gulch
“The Good Foot, LondonAn all-new night of all-old jams, The Good Foot is a funk and rare groove shakedown playing the kind of scintillating sonics that are just as much fun to scratch your beard to in a knowledgable muso way as they are to cut some serious rug to.”
“McChesney called it "scintillating" as he build a "mountain (ous)" historical record on what no one had ever written.”
“And -- and I think that was the sense that -- that a lot of people of my age had about the White House, you know, the best and the brightest, that it was a place, it was an office that demanded a kind of scintillating intellect.”
“Bafana Bafana national soccer team would deliver a "scintillating" performance in their World Cup qualifier against Congo on Saturday.”
“This time it was McAnuff and Jimmy Kebe who joined forces to torment the City defence in a first half display rightly described by manager Brian McDermott as 'scintillating'.”
“There was no doubting the superior class that the visitors had to offer - "scintillating",”
“Moyes described his side's first 20 minutes as "scintillating" but admitted Arteta was lucky to stay on the pitch after poking Morten Gamst Pedersen in the cheek and eye.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘scintillating’.
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Fairylike
fairylike, enchanted, pixieish, pixyish, impish, mischievous, fluttery, magical, bewitching, enchanting, fey, otherworldly and 126 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 847 more...
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Energetic
braze, raze, brisance, brisant, rive, catalyze, whipsaw, crack, actinic, sublimate, animate, vitalize and 88 more...
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dolphins gambolling
based on quote by Hesychius of Batos thornbush
who it is believed lived sometime between 700 and 900 AD
The heart that is freed from imaginings ends up by producing in itself hol...reflection, examen, nepsis, ruminate, contemplate, muller, soul-searching, reflect, flash, coruscate, redound, debuscope and 16 more...
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AngelFace's list
Words that build up, edify, educate, encourage, deepen understanding, increase knowledge, and make the world a richer, fuller, more colorful world.
disseminate, epiphany, transcend, scintillating, effervescent, radiant, iridescence, lamentations, mica, labrynthine, introspective, importune and 1 more...
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Words Stephenie Meyer Overuses
A collection of words author Stephenie Meyer overuses and abuses in her 'Twilight' series of young adult vampire fiction. Every time you read one of these words in her books, you will GRIMACE and C...
chagrin, grimace, chuckle, smirk, whispered, lope, scintillating, marble, topaz, smoldering, smolder, perfect and 30 more...
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Words that make me want to drink single malt sc...
You know that feeling when you hear a word that you just want to roll it around in your mouth, experiment with it, find its edges and texture. Words that you want to clink around in a glass with so...
melt, agronomy, cartilage, vexatious, scintillating, carrion, caryopsis, crystallite, haulm, alegar, maltster, carpel and 31 more...
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Words of Praise
Please contribute lots of panegyrical words—preferably such that are of universal use.
gorgeous, flamboyant, grand, magnificent, iridescent, incandescent, splendorous, coruscating, immaculate, magniloquent, sublime, scintillating and 33 more...
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Pretty Words
Pretty words that also have pretty meanings. They're special...add your own prettiness.
ethereal, ephemeral, scintillating, chortle, murmur, sigh, burblewall
fbharjo scintillating early! May 4, 2011
milosrdenstvi "To return to this scintillating topic of conversation..." Nov 17, 2009