English word
Glowing
Definitions
adjective
- producing light
- : shining with or as if with warmth or heat
- marked by a rich, warm coloration
- radiantly healthful
- highly enthusiastic and favorable
Synonyms for glowing
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Synonyms by context
Having a healthy skin tone, especially one that is reddish in color
adjective
- rosy
- ruddy
- florid
- rubicund
- red
- flushed
- blooming
- blushing
- sanguine
- reddish
That which makes things visible
noun
- light
- illumination
- brightness
- luminescence
- luminosity
- radiance
- glow
- brilliance
- incandescence
- phosphorescence
A reddening of color, or the appearance of the color red
noun
- blush
- flush
- rosiness
- ruddiness
- redness
- pinkness
- bloom
- reddening
- colour
A shade resembling such a reddish color
noun
- crimson
- ruby
- scarlet
- cardinal
- cherry
- pink
- rose
- vermilion
- wine
Present participle for to appear or turn pink or red
verb
- flushing
- crimsoning
- colouring
- burning
- coloring
- mantling
- blaring
Present participle for to have an intense color and a slight shine
verb
- gleaming
- radiating
- brightening
- flaring
- flickering
- incandescing
- luminescing
- phosphorescing
Antonyms for glowing
Opposite of illuminating or reflecting light
Opposite of full of bright or vivid colors
- colorless
- colourless
- cool
- gray
- grey
- drab
- faded
Opposite of having a healthy skin tone, especially one that is reddish in color
- ashen
- ashy
- doughy
- livid
- lurid
- mealy
- paled
- palish
- pasty
- peaked
Opposite of that which makes things visible
- darkness
- gloom
- blackness
- dimness
- pitch darkness
- duskiness
- gloominess
- murkiness
- obscurity
Opposite of a reddening of color, or the appearance of the color red
- paleness
- pallidity
- whiteness
Opposite of a shade resembling such a reddish color
Opposite of present participle for to appear or turn pink or red
- paling
- whitening
- dulling
- becoming pale
- going white
Opposite of present participle for to give out steady light (from burning) without flames
- dissipating
- disappearing
- vanishing
- dematerializing
- fading
- quelling
- diffusing
- allaying
Phrases
- brightly illuminated
- extremely bright
- reflecting light
- very bright