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单词 scintillating
释义

scintillating

/ˈsɪntɪleɪtɪŋ /
adjective
1Sparkling or shining brightly: the scintillating sun...
  • Nestling on the end of a silvery pendant lay a brilliant shifting and shimmering stone of the deepest blue imaginable, shining with scintillating azure starfire.
  • It was her, walking by the ocean, the bright shining sun outlined her scintillating body.
  • The settings are splendid, sparkling, stunning and scintillating.

Synonyms

sparkling, shining, bright, brilliant, gleaming, glittering, twinkling, coruscating, flashing, shimmering, shimmery
rare scintillant
2Brilliantly and excitingly clever or skilful: the audience loved his scintillating wit the team produced a scintillating second-half performance...
  • Likewise, the musical accompaniment shall no doubt be equally scintillating and substantial.
  • These people are hanging on my every word because I am scintillating, and because listening to me is an Improving Experience for them.
  • His trip back to Peru is emotionally scintillating, as are his reflections on the passage of time and the vagaries of memory.

Synonyms

brilliant, dazzling, exciting, exhilarating, stimulating, invigorating;
vivacious, sparkling, coruscating, effervescent, lively, vibrant, animated, ebullient, bright;
witty, clever

Derivatives

scintillatingly

adverb ...
  • Not to get too far off-topic, but I am uncomfortable with the idea that any boring and/or trivial old rubbish can be made scintillatingly interesting by exposure to the fierce force of the critic's personality.
  • Some of the recollections are bland while others are scintillatingly naughty.
  • Those who are fans of great barnstorming piano works will most definitely warm to this disc which is expertly annotated and scintillatingly interpreted from first note to last.
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