glowing
adjective
glow·ing ˈglō-iŋ 
1
: producing light
a glowing computer screen
: shining with or as if with warmth or heat a glowing fire
Night falls and suddenly you see glowing eyes everywhere.
Michelle Barker
Michelle Barker2
a
: marked by a rich, warm coloration
… small hotels and apartment houses in the south Miami Beach area … have been refurbished in glowing sunset colors … Time
Time b
: radiantly healthful
a glowing complexion
glowing good health
Madge, whom he had always liked the least of the Lapham girls, was rosy, glowing, and beaming. Esther Forbes
Esther Forbes3
: highly enthusiastic and favorable
a movie that has received glowing reviews
a glowing introduction
a glowing description
glowingly
ˈglō-iŋ-lē
adverb Over small cups of strong coffee in a cheerless reception room, he spoke glowingly of his native land. Burton Bernstein
Burton Bernstein 
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing glowing
glowing 1 of 2
adjective
1
as in shining
giving off or reflecting much light enjoyed the warmth of the glowing fire Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- shining
- luminous
- dazzling
- radiant
- gleaming
- shiny
- bright
- shimmering
- flickering
- glittering
- flashing
- blazing
- sparkling
- beaming
- glistening
- effulgent
- brilliant
- incandescent
- candescent
- refulgent
- lambent
- lustrous
- flaming
- burning
- lucent
- splendid
- sheeny
- clear
- blinding
- fulgent
- glimmering
- fiery
- shined
- lucid
- twinkling
- bedazzling
- polished
- glinting
- glancing
- glaring
- glistering
- scintillating
- shimmery
- winking
- ablaze
- agleam
- burnished
- ardent
- aglitter
- flaring
- scintillant
- sunny
- combusting
- gemmy
- coruscant
- red-hot
- ultrabright
- superbright
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dim
- dark
- blackened
- dusky
- dull
- darkened
- lackluster
- gloomy
- unlit
- dimmed
- obscure
- pale
- somber
- darkish
- sombre
- shadowy
- lightless
- darkling
- murky
- unbright
- obscured
- gray
- cloudy
- tenebrous
- darksome
- grey
- unbrilliant
- leaden
- shady
- pitch-black
- sunless
- shadowlike
- pitch-dark
- palish
2
as in red
having a healthy reddish skin tone was glowing after spending an afternoon outside splitting firewood Synonyms & Similar Words
- red
- ruddy
- rosy
- warm
- tanned
- flush
- blooming
- rubicund
- sanguine
- brown
- blushing
- florid
- pink
- bronzed
- flushed
- pinkish
- suntanned
- bloomy
- full-blooded
- cherubic
- blowsy
- blowzy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pale
- ashen
- pallid
- lurid
- sallow
- livid
- white
- pasty
- waxen
- wan
- ashy
- doughy
- waxy
- palish
- mealy
- peaked
- paled
- peaky
- whitened
- sallowish
- sickly
- blanched
- anemic
- cadaverous
- sick
- bloodless
- whey-faced
- white-faced
3
as in bright
having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness) her glowing face made it evident she'd been offered the job Synonyms & Similar Words
- bright
- radiant
- smiling
- aglow
- gleaming
- beaming
- cheerful
- dazzling
- shining
- sunny
- laughing
- joyful
- luminous
- satisfied
- merry
- brilliant
- happy
- delighted
- starry
- effulgent
- cheery
- optimistic
- refulgent
- rosy
- blissful
- pleased
- upbeat
- jovial
- blithe
- chipper
- blooming
- joyous
- mirthful
- blithesome
- thankful
- tickled
- gladsome
- lightsome
- gratified
- gay
- jocund
- chuffed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- blank
- dark
- listless
- black
- gray
- flat
- grey
- gloomy
- stoic
- dismal
- sullen
- stoical
- depressing
- glum
- unemotional
- melancholy
- glaring
- frowning
- darkening
- glowering
- lowering
- louring
- scowling
4
as in warm
having or expressing great depth of feeling glowing declarations of everlasting love Synonyms & Similar Words
- warm
- passionate
- fervent
- intense
- passional
- blazing
- charged
- flaming
- fiery
- emotional
- burning
- incandescent
- ardent
- enthusiastic
- demonstrative
- impassioned
- religious
- fervid
- feverish
- vehement
- superheated
- torrid
- perfervid
- gushing
- on fire
- gushy
- sugary
- red-hot
- sentimental
- hot-blooded
- saccharine
- mushy
- warm-blooded
- mawkish
- sloppy
- schmaltzy
- maudlin
- zealous
- sappy
- melodramatic
- obsessed
- histrionic
- enamored
- infatuated
- gung ho
- uninhibited
- keen
- overheated
- orgiastic
- frenzied
- overexcited
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- overemotional
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cool
- cold
- dispassionate
- impassive
- dry
- objective
- detached
- impersonal
- emotionless
- unemotional
- reserved
- undemonstrative
glowing
2 of 2verb
1
as in burning
to be on fire especially brightly the coals glowed red-hot Synonyms & Similar Words
- burning
- blazing
- flaming
- flickering
- gleaming
- shining
- smoldering
- firing
- combusting
- glinting
- igniting
- glistening
- shimmering
- sparkling
- glimmering
- glittering
- melting
- flashing
- beaming
- scorching
- going up in flames
- radiating
- twinkling
- wavering
- charring
- kindling
- brightening
- sparking
- cooking
- glaring
- enkindling
- baking
- scintillating
- deflagrating
- sputtering
- roasting
- broiling
- sweltering
- catching
- smouldering
- guttering
- lighting (up)
- flaring (up)
- beating (down)
2
as in blushing
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment) when they found out he had won the tournament, his parents glowed with pride Synonyms & Similar Words
- blushing
- flushing
- crimsoning
- blooming
- reddening
- turning color
- coloring
- disconcerting
- ruddling
- rouging
- mortifying
- discomfiting
- abashing
- fazing
- humiliating
- embarrassing
- incarnadining
- chagrining