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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uh-gleem |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈglim |
Definition of agleam
Origin :- 1854, from a- (1) + gleam.
- As in shiny : adj bright, glistening
- As in shining : adj glowing
- Here were the eyes of builders of the future—agleam as they looked on the present!
- Extract from : « When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry » by Charles Neville Buck
- She no longer wept, though he could see a tear still at the end of one of her lashes, agleam in the dark.
- Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
- It is a factful of himself—lawless, radical and non-civilized, agleam in the mixed world.
- Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
- Certainly the past becomes a source of happiness in his "Rhapsody," and life is agleam with joy in his "Idyl."
- Extract from : « Life Immovable » by Kostes Palamas
- Scraggs looked up and his cold green eyes were agleam with malice and triumph as they rested on the unhappy pair.
- Extract from : « Captain Scraggs » by Peter B. Kyne
- With tongue lolling, white teeth all agleam, he came roaring out of the shadows.
- Extract from : « Red Dynamite » by Roy J. Snell
- He is all agleam with bullion—a blue-and-gold edition of the Poetry of War.
- Extract from : « The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians » by Ambrose Bierce
- Pete started off with another triumphant breakfast and before our guest had gone far with it his face was agleam with pleasure.
- Extract from : « Wings of the Wind » by Credo Harris
- There was a grin on his face, but his eyes were agleam with a slumbering passion that made Parsons catch his breath with a gasp.
- Extract from : « The Ranchman » by Charles Alden Seltzer
- Beyond this was the river, agleam with the lights of the British fleet that rode at anchor on its placid bosom.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
Synonyms for agleam
- agleam
- beaming
- bright
- brilliant
- burnished
- clear
- conspicuous
- coruscating
- effulgent
- glazed
- gleaming
- glistening
- glossy
- incandescent
- iridescent
- irradiant
- lambent
- lucent
- luminous
- lustrous
- nitid
- noticeable
- opalescent
- phosphorescent
- polished
- radiant
- refulgent
- relucent
- resplendent
- rutilant
- satiny
- scintillating
- sheeny
- shiny
- sleek
- slick
- sparkling
- splendent
- splendorous
- sunny
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