ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Beaming

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Beaming is an adjective meaning Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.

Meaning

Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.

More Meanings

  1. present participle and gerund of beam
  2. The act of someone or something that beams.

Example Sentences

The honest Captain, with his Heart's Delight in the house, and Susan tending her, was a beaming and a happy man. As the days flew by, he grew more beaming and more happy, every day.
The beaming smile of David Brooks, proudly wearing his yellow Euro 2020 jersey and a bucket hat, instantly raised the spirits of those on the pitch who spotted the 25-year-old's frantic waving.
The auspicious beamings of the Reformation had indeed shed forth a partial light; but the gloomy sternness of Henry, and the arbitrary capriciousness of Elizabeth, were but ill calculated to give due energy to the new state of things […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for beaming

Depending on context, synonyms include bright, cheerful, proud, radiant, refulgent, effulgent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cheerful, glad, proud, refulgent, effulgent, beamy.

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