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Antonyms for aglow
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uh-gloh |
Phonetic Transcription : ə gloʊ |
- black
- brunette
- cloudy
- dark
- darkened
- depressed
- depressing
- difficult
- dim
- doleful
- dreary
- dull
- dusky
- gloomy
- grave
- heavy
- horrible
- laborious
- murky
- normal
- obscure
- pale
- pallid
- pastel
- sad
- serious
- solemn
- somber
- stupid
- threatening
- typical
- unaware
- unenthusiastic
- unexcited
- unhappy
- unintelligent
- unpromising
- unsmiling
- weighted
Definition of aglow
Origin :- 1817 (in Coleridge), from a- (1) + glow. Figurative sense of "flushed with pleasurable excitement" is from 1830.
- As in light : adj illuminated
- As in bright : adj shining, glowing in appearance
- As in irradiant : adj bright
- As in lucent : adj bright
- As in ablaze : adj brightly illuminated
- As in glowing : adj burning, bright
- Nana was in the centre with her pink dress all aglow in the sunlight.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- When Ben Aboo came to himself the patio was aglow with flames.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- Her face beamed, her eyes danced, and she was all aglow from head to foot.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- His face was aglow with earnestness and his voice shook as he finished speaking.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Off in the direction of the main fork the sky was all aglow with camp-fires.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- And it was alight––aglow with a light that came entirely from within.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- The "Strange Dream," though ending in a joke, is aglow with poetry.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- His tone was hushed with amazement, all aglow with pleasure.
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- Their cheeks were all aglow with the excitement of the occasion.
- Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- I do not feel the cold, for I am all aglow with health and strength.
- Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
Synonyms for aglow
- ablaze
- aflame
- aglow
- alight
- argent
- auroral
- beaming
- beamy
- blazing
- bright
- brilliant
- burning
- burnished
- clear
- cloudless
- coruscating
- dazzling
- effulgent
- flaming
- flashing
- florid
- fluorescent
- flush
- flushed
- fulgent
- fulgid
- glaring
- gleaming
- glistening
- glittering
- glossy
- glowing
- golden
- illuminated
- illumined
- incandescent
- intense
- irradiant
- irradiated
- lambent
- light
- lighted
- limpid
- lucent
- luminous
- lustrous
- mirrorlike
- moonlit
- phosphorescent
- polished
- radiant
- red
- refulgent
- relucent
- resplendent
- rich
- rubicund
- ruddy
- sanguine
- scintillant
- scintillating
- shimmering
- shining
- shiny
- silvery
- sparkling
- suffused
- sunlit
- sunny
- twinkling
- unclouded
- unobscured
- vibrant
- vivid
- warm
- well-lighted
- well-lit
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