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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, stimulating |
| Synonyms: | animated, brilliant, clever, dazzling, ebullient, exciting, flashing, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glittering, lively, shining, smart, sparkling, sprightly, twinkling, witty |
| Antonyms: | blah, dull |
| Main Entry: | scintillate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glimmer |
| Synonyms: | charm, coruscate, flash, gleam, glitter, shine, sparkle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | beaming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | radiant; beautiful |
| Synonyms: | bright, brilliant, clinquant, effulgent, flashing, fulgent, gleaming, glistening, glittering, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, luminous, refulgent, scintillating, sparkling |
| Antonyms: | ugly |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shining, glowing in appearance |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, aglow, alight, argent, auroral, beaming, blazing, brilliant, burning, burnished, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, flashing, fulgent, fulgid, glaring, gleaming, glistening, glittering, glossy, golden, illuminated, illumined, incandescent, intense, irradiated, lambent, light, lighted, limpid, luminous, lustrous, mirrorlike, moonlit, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, relucent, resplendent, scintillating, shimmering, shiny, silvery, sparkling, sunlit, sunny, twinkling, vivid |
| Antonyms: | dark, dreary, dull, obscure, somber |
| Main Entry: | brilliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shining, glowing in appearance |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, bright, clinquant, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, flashy, fulgent, gleaming, glittering, glossy, incandescent, intense, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, scintillating, showy, sparkling, vivid |
| Antonyms: | dark, dull, dulled |
| Main Entry: | flaming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very angry, vehement |
| Synonyms: | ardent, aroused, blazing, bright, burning, fervent, frenzied, hot, hot-blooded, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging, red-hot, scintillating, vivid, white-hot |
| Antonyms: | gleeful, happy, joyful, pleased |
| Main Entry: | smart |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brisk, lively |
| Synonyms: | active, bold, brazen, cracking, energetic, forward, good, jaunty, nervy, pert, quick, saucy, scintillating, spanking, spirited, sprightly, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, lethargic, slow |
| Main Entry: | sprightly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fun, vivacious |
| Synonyms: | active, agile, airy, alert, animate, animated, blithe, bouncy, breezy, bright, brisk, cheerful, cheery, chipper, chirpy, clever, dapper, dashing, energetic, fairylike, frolicsome, gay, good, grooving, hyper, jaunty, jolly, joyous, jumping, keen, keen-witted, light, lively, nimble, peppy, perky, playful, quick, quick-witted, saucy, scintillating, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, spry, swinging, zappy, zingy, zippy |
| Antonyms: | dull, inactive, lazy, lethargic |
| Main Entry: | vivacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively, spirited |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animate, animated, bouncy, brash, breezy, bubbling, cheerful, ebullient, effervescent, exuberant, frolicsome, full of life, gay, happy, high-spirited, jolly, jumping, keen, lighthearted, merry, playful, rocking, scintillating, sparkling, sportive, sprightly, swinging, upbeat, vibrant, vital, zesty |
| Antonyms: | boring, dispirited, dull, unattractive, unhappy |
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