illuminating
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Definition of illuminating
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Synonyms & Antonyms for illuminating
Synonyms
educational, educative, enlightening, informational, informative, informatory, instructional, instructive
Antonyms
unenlightening, unilluminating, uninformative, uninstructive
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For those looking to ensure their makeup stays put, uncompromised, and extra luminous, this fast-absorbing primer defies the odds, gliding on smooth and invisible while hydrating the skin with illuminating meadowfoam seed oil. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "5 Sunscreens That Will Also Give You a Glow," 15 May 2019 De Vries starts the dewy process with an illuminating primer. — Bella Cacciatore, Allure, "Buttery Skin Is the Biggest New Makeup Trend, and I Tried It," 9 Apr. 2019 This all led to those aforementioned last five minutes, which were some of the most illuminating in the show's history. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "The This Is Us Season 3 Finale Had So Many Big Reveals," 3 Apr. 2019 De Vries starts the dewy process with an illuminating primer. — Bella Cacciatore, Allure, "Buttery Skin Is the Biggest New Makeup Trend, and I Tried It," 9 Apr. 2019 De Vries starts the dewy process with an illuminating primer. — Glamour, "Buttery Skin Is the Biggest New Trend, and I Tried It," 8 Apr. 2019 This is one of two documentaries by the filmmaker on this very list, and both look to be powerful and illuminating. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "The Best Documentaries of 2019 That Are Already Changing Everything," 20 Mar. 2019 Kate Manne, a philosopher at Cornell, helped us make sense of it all with her illuminating analysis of what was really going on. — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, "The 9 thinkers who made sense of 2018’s chaos," 27 Dec. 2018 The fifth model in the prestige British brand’s family deviates from the specterlike naming of the Ghost, Wraith and Phantom into more illuminating territory ushered in by the Dawn, which launched in 2015. — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, "Rolls-Royce of SUVs arrives with $325,000 Cullinan," 10 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'illuminating.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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