Definitions

scintillant

[sin-tl-uhnt] / ˈsɪn tl ənt /

ADJECTIVE

light

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bright luminous rich shiny sunny

STRONG

burnished clear flashing fluorescent glossy glowing polished shining

WEAK

ablaze aglow brilliant cloudless lambent lucent lustrous phosphorescent radiant refulgent resplendent unclouded unobscured vivid well-lighted well-lit

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dark dull obscure

WEAK

darkened difficult dim dusky

ADJECTIVE

sparkling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

animated bright brilliant dazzling glistening glittering lively scintillating shimmering shining spirited starry

STRONG

bubbling bubbly effervescent flashing mantling twinkling

WEAK

coruscant fizzy glistering impassioned lambent vigorous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic dark depressed dispirited dull gloomy lethargic normal stupid typical unaware unhappy unintelligent

STRONG

flat

WEAK

matte

Example Sentences

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Finally the Ministry of Corporations goes to scintillant polemist and war veteran Giuseppe Bottai.

From Time Magazine Archive

Webern's scintillant, fractured Variations for Orchestra, was so full of bewitching sonorities that listeners were just becoming adjusted to it when it ended.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the kitty is a gleaming pearl, the scintillant colony of Hong Kong, which London is due to return to Peking in 1997.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shortly thereafter came scintillant Cecelia Gertrude Shere, waving dark locks, out of the West in quest of fame.

From Time Magazine Archive

The twin yellow streams, scintillant, intersected, soaking me.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

scintillant

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