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glow
noun as in burning, brightness
Strongest matches
bloom, blossom, brilliance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glitter, intensity, light, radiance, ray, warmth
Strong matches
afterglow, blush, effulgence, flush, gusto, heat, incandescence, lambency, luminosity, passion, phosphorescence, splendor, vividness
Example Sentences
Tamalpais glowed in the late afternoon light, and endorphins flooded our systems.
This year, for World Meningitis Day on 5 October, York's Millennium Bridge will glow purple in Livia's memory.
A 100-foot-tall pillar of fire cast an orange glow over the night sky.
He said he checked neighbouring Bogo town and saw solar lamps casting a dim glow over streets strewn with boulders.
Along the way, we get some classics, like the image of a burlesque dancer "glowing like the end of a cigarette"; or comparing a critic's barbs to "a toy chihuahua barking from a tiny purse".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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