glowed

verb

past tense of glow
1
as in burned
to be on fire especially brightly the coals glowed red-hot

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2
as in blushed
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment) when they found out he had won the tournament, his parents glowed with pride

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Recent Examples of glowed String lights glowed overhead as the San Gabriel Mountains went dark behind them. — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The picture glowed, the sound was clear; nothing blurred, slanted, or bled off the screen. — Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026 No blood was visible, but one area glowed after being sprayed with Bluestar. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026 The downtown skyline glowed behind them and the City of Angels — the entertainment capital of the world — beckoned below. — Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026 Iranian author Shahrnush Parsipur, who cloaked uncompromising feminist ideals in stories and novels that glowed with magical realism, died on July 3 in San Francisco following a stroke. — News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026 Hathaway glowed in an embellished Marc by Marc Jacobs mini dress and Miu Miu platform heels, per the HuffPost. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026 With a big grin on his face, visible even through his spacesuit helmet, Williams raised his arms in a classic Muscle Beach pose as planet Earth glowed hundreds of miles beneath him. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 July 2026 Instead of captivating burst of fireworks on display, the bridge glowed with hues of greens, yellows, reds and more. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glowed
  1. burned
  2. blushed
  3. blazed
  4. flushed
  5. flamed
  6. flickered
  7. gleamed
  8. shone
Verb
  • Hot spots still burned within a 420-square-kilometer (162-square-mile) scar, thousands remained unable to return home, and nearly 3,000 firefighters were deployed against the Gironde megafire and a second blaze in Provence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Despite getting burned for months, the market may have good reason to remain optimistic.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of burned
Verb
  • The actress blushed as her co-stars, Whoopi Goldberg and Quinta Brunson, showered her with some love at a Kevin special screening later that day.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • The oversize headwear shaded her face, shielding her dark brows over her taupe smoky eye, lightly blushed cheeks and the pop of pink on her lips.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 June 2026
Definition of blushed
Verb
  • The late, great Betty White blazed many trails during her decades in Hollywood.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The setting sun streamed into the room, and a narrow rectangle of light blazed beneath the window.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of blazed
Verb
  • After three minutes, the robot is flushed out and ready for the next cleaning cycle.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to the chickens, Frank flushed his shoes down one of the toilets, Dennis and Dee kept blowing fuses with the scheme’s need for a power-sucking vacuum sealer, and the basement was choked with carbon monoxide.
    — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
Definition of flushed
Verb
  • An infinity-edge pool stretches toward the horizon, while expansive Ipe wood decks, flamed granite terraces, and an outdoor kitchen frame sweeping bay views.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
  • Finish with a cremaet, Valencian coffee flamed with rum infused with lemon and cinnamon.
    — Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Definition of flamed
Verb
  • Her heart hammered away, her eyes flickered, and her voice grew tiny and plaintive.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • SportsCenter flickered on several televisions.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
Definition of flickered
Verb
  • That night, the northern lights gleamed cold and hard, and the moon bathed the whole landscape in bleak, eerie light.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • The 4,202-pipe organ gleamed over us.
    — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Definition of gleamed
Verb
  • That gives Amad and Mbeumo the opportunity to both play enough to build a rhythm, and for Shea Lacey, who shone in Stockholm, to put pressure on them both.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The idea of an implantable retinal photoreceptor, so far, is supported only by isolated neurons in a dish, EEG traces from mice, and ERG readings from humans with light shone at the eye externally.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
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