scintillating

adjective

scin·​til·​lat·​ing ˈsin-tə-ˌlā-tiŋ 

: brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty

a scintillating conversation

Examples of scintillating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Paramount’s quarterly revenue came in a bit lighter than Wall Street analysts expected and there were other less-than-scintillating data points in the report. —Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025

Separated by a hair’s breadth Sinner meanwhile goes into Turin on a scintillating indoor winning streak having recently brushed aside Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime to win his maiden Paris Masters title. —Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025

Correspondingly, when the two men are given the opportunity, their chemistry is scintillating. —NPR, 11 Nov. 2025

Curry scored a scintillating 35 points after scoring 42 the day before, but the rest of a mix-and-match Warriors lineup looked flat by comparison. —Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scintillating

• abdicating
• abrogating
• activating
• actuating
• advocating
• aggravating
• aggregating
• agitating
• allocating
• alternating
• animating
• annotating