scintillate

Verbs

  • (v) give off
    • the substance scintillated sparks and flashes
  • (v) reflect brightly
    • Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside
    coruscate, sparkle,
  • (v) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
    • Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
    winkle, twinkle,
  • (v) physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
    • the phosphor fluoresced
  • (v) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
    • The musical performance sparkled
    • A scintillating conversation
    • his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall
    coruscate, sparkle,

Synonyms

coruscate sparkle winkle twinkle

Words of close approximity

scintillant