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Wiktionary

  1. v. present participle of scintillate.
  2. adj. That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling.
  3. adj. Brilliantly clever, amusing or witty.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. brilliantly clever
  2. adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
  3. adj. marked by high spirits or excitement

Etymologies

  1. From scintillate +‎ -ing. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “I overdid it, she thought in terror, as she recalled her scintillating remarks and elaborate manner.”

    The Californians

  • “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.”

    Long Island Press

  • “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.”

    The Guardian: Clubs picks of the week

  • “McChesney called it "scintillating" as he build a "mountain (ous)" historical record on what no one had ever written.”

    Robert McChesney's "Communication Revolution"

  • “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.”

    Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

  • “Bafana Bafana national soccer team would deliver a "scintillating" performance in their World Cup qualifier against Congo on Saturday.”

    ANC Daily News Briefing

  • “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'.”

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed

  • “There was no doubting the superior class that the visitors had to offer - "scintillating",”

    Top stories from Times Online

  • “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.”

    Soccerway.com

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. flash
  1. twinkle

hypernyms (8)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. fluoresce
  1. shine
  1. reflect
  1. be
  1. emit
  1. give out
  1. give off
  1. beam

reverse dictionary (12)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. glare
  2. ignescent
  1. scintillescent
  2. glisten
  1. scintillant
  2. sparklet
  1. glitter
  2. scintillation
  1. saving grace
  2. flame
  1. spark
  2. spinthariscope

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