English Dictionary
◊ SCINTILLATING
scintillating
adj 1: brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of
scintillating dialogue"
2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality";
"sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
[syn: {bubbling}, {effervescent}, {sparkling}, {sparkly}]
3: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)}, {fulgid}, {glinting},
{glistering}, {glittering}, {glittery}, {scintillant}, {sparkling(a)},
{sparkly}]