Definition of candescent
:glowing or dazzling from or as if from great heat
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Examples of candescent in a Sentence
the campers were transfixed by the candescent coals of their seashore fire
Origin and Etymology of candescent
Latin candescent-, candescens, present participle of candescere, inchoative of candēre
candescent Synonyms
Synonyms
beaming, bedazzling, brilliant, bright, clear, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendidAntonyms
dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliantRelated Words
ablaze, ardent, blazing, burning, combusting, fiery, flaming, red-hot; agleam, aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing, flickering, gemmy, glancing, glaring, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, shimmering, shimmery, sparkling, sunny, twinkling, winking; burnished, polished, shined; superbright, ultrabrightNear Antonyms
blackened, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber (or sombre), sunless, tenebrous, unlit; cloudy, shadowlike, shadowy, shady; gray (also grey), leaden, pale, palishLearn More about candescent
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