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Definitions for scintillating
scin·til·lat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scintillatingadjective

    brilliantly clever

    "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue"

  2. bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparklyadjective

    marked by high spirits or excitement

    "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"

  3. aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparklyadjective

    having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

    "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"

Wiktionary

  1. scintillatingadjective

    That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling.

  2. scintillatingadjective

    Brilliantly clever, amusing or witty.

ChatGPT

  1. scintillating

    Scintillating generally refers to something that is sparkling, shining, or brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful. It can describe both a literal brightness (like a diamond or a star) or a figurative one (such as a scintillating conversation or performance).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scintillating

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scintillating in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scintillating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of scintillating in a Sentence

  1. Jesse Louis Jackson:

    Dream is not a revelation. If a dream affords the dreamer some light on himself, it is not the person with closed eyes who makes the discovery but the person with open eyes lucid enough to fit thoughts together. Dream- a scintillating mirage surrounded by shadows- is essentially poetry.

  2. Daniil Medvedev:

    I was the better player today and I deserved to win, this title gives me a lot of confidence.'. Medvedev, who continued his scintillating run of form after winning titles in Sydney, Winston-Salem, and Tokyo last year, has already set his sight on a spot in the world's top 10.

  3. Erik Pevernagie:

    The invulnerable, matchless and exclusive live a life like dazzling fish in a scintillating seascape behind glass. Everybody may admire them, nobody can touch them and there is no fear or guilt in overexposing opulence and fortune.( "Keeping up with the Joneses")

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