Scintillating
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌsɪntɪˈleɪtɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Scintillating is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of scintillate.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of scintillate.
More Meanings
- That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling.
- (figurative) Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty.
Example Sentences
On the scintillating water yellow and blue boats bobbed up and down.
Lots of people are looking for something scintillating and new and not finding it.
They sank me into the ocean / Wishing me to remain in the depths. / I became a deep sea diver / And came up covered with scintillating pearls.
A scintillating example of where the cultural politics of iconoclasm and of representation coincide, in the Hellenistic world, is offered by an inscription of the fourth century BCE from Delphi.
Synonyms for scintillating
Depending on context, synonyms include bright, effervescent, intelligent, fulgid, scintillant, glistering.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sparkling, sparkly, glistering, glittering, scintillant, glittery.
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