Antonyms for radiate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb rey-dee-eyt; adjective rey-dee-it, -eyt

Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈreɪ diˌeɪt; adjective ˈreɪ di ɪt, -ˌeɪt

Definition of radiate

Origin : 1610s, "spread in all directions from a point," from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare "to beam, shine, gleam; make beaming" (see radiation). Meaning "be radiant, give off rays (of light or heat)" is from 1704. Related: Radiated; radiates; radiating.

verb give off; scatter

Example sentences :

There was nothing the matter, only he had not yet learned to radiate.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

He just seems to radiate good will, and friendliness, and optimism wherever he goes.
Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton

The capacity of bodies to radiate and to absorb differ considerably.
Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper

There are three streets that radiate from it directly through the heart of the town.
Extract from : « Rollo in Rome » by Jacob Abbott

Yet everything about him seemed to be made up of kindness—to radiate comfort.
Extract from : « Children of the Desert » by Louis Dodge

He seemed to radiate an atmosphere which suffused her being.
Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser

You notice that the rows all radiate from the centre, like spokes in a wheel.
Extract from : « The Secret Wireless » by Lewis E. Theiss

They radiate from the surface of the skin and reproduce a simulacrum, as it were, of the surface.
Extract from : « The Problems of Psychical Research » by Hereward Carrington

In fact, he seemed to radiate a curiously apprehensive aura.
Extract from : « The Blue Tower » by Evelyn E. Smith

Old fashioned, too, she was; but ante-bellum glory did not radiate from her as it did from the major.
Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry

Synonyms for radiate

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