incandescentadjective
uk/ˌɪn.kænˈdes.ənt/us/ˌɪn.kænˈdes.ənt/incandescent adjective (LIGHT)
producing a bright light from a heated filament or other part:
an incandescent lamp
literary extremely bright:
The mountain's snow-white peak was incandescent against the blue sky.
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The qualities of light
- ablaze
- backlit
- brilliant
- coruscating
- flicker
- floodlit
- gleaming
- glittering
- glittery
- glossy
- lambent
- luminescent
- luminous
- lustrous
- opalescent
- polychromatic
- shine
- spangly
- sparkling
- torchlight
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incandescent adjective (QUALITY)
showing extreme anger or happiness:
He was incandescent with rage.
Her beauty had an incandescent quality to it.
extremely good, special, or skilled:
an incandescent performance/career
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Angry and displeased
- acrimonious
- aggrieved
- amused
- annoyed
- apoplectic
- blistering
- exasperated
- fed up
- fed up to the back teeth idiom
- fit to be tied idiom
- furious
- huff
- incense
- outrage
- peeved
- pique
- pissed off
- rancour
- scalp
- stormy
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Feeling pleasure and happiness
Extremely good
incandescence
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪn.kænˈdes.əns/us/ˌɪn.kænˈdes.əns/