Synonyms of glowing

glowing 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in shining

giving off or reflecting much light

enjoyed the warmth of the glowing fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shining
• luminous
• dazzling
• bright
• shiny
• radiant
• gleaming
• shimmering
• flickering
• flashing
• brilliant
• blazing
• sparkling
• glittering
• glistening
• effulgent
• incandescent
• refulgent
• beaming
• lambent
• lustrous
• splendid
• burning
• clear
• lucent
• flaming
• blinding
• candescent
• lucid
• fiery
• fulgent
• polished
• shined
• sheeny
• bedazzling
• twinkling
• glancing
• glaring
• winking
• ardent
• shimmery
• sunny
• glimmering
• scintillating
• red-hot
• burnished
• scintillant
• flaring
• glinting
• gemmy
• glistering
• aglitter
• combusting
• agleam
• ablaze
• coruscant
• ultrabright
• superbright

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dim
• dull
• dark
• lackluster
• blackened
• dusky
• darkened
• gloomy
• obscure
• somber
• sombre
• unlit
• dimmed
• pitch-black
• darkish
• murky
• darkling
• obscured
• lightless
• pitch-dark
• shadowy
• pale
• darksome
• cloudy
• gray
• unbright
• grey
• shady
• unbrilliant
• tenebrous
• leaden
• sunless
• shadowlike
• palish

2

as in red

having a healthy reddish skin tone

was glowing after spending an afternoon outside splitting firewood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• red
• ruddy
• tanned
• warm
• rosy
• flush
• blooming
• sanguine
• florid
• brown
• pink
• blushing
• flushed
• bronzed
• rubicund
• pinkish
• suntanned
• full-blooded
• blowsy
• cherubic
• blowzy
• bloomy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pale
• ashen
• pallid
• sallow
• lurid
• livid
• ashy
• wan
• pasty
• white
• doughy
• waxen
• mealy
• waxy
• palish
• peaked
• peaky
• whitened
• paled
• blanched
• sickly
• sallowish
• anemic
• sick
• cadaverous
• bloodless
• white-faced
• whey-faced

3

as in bright

having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness)

her glowing face made it evident she'd been offered the job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bright
• radiant
• smiling
• gleaming
• cheerful
• sunny
• dazzling
• aglow
• shining
• joyful
• laughing
• beaming
• merry
• happy
• luminous
• brilliant
• satisfied
• delighted
• starry
• optimistic
• cheery
• effulgent
• blissful
• refulgent
• rosy
• upbeat
• mirthful
• pleased
• jovial
• blithe
• chipper
• joyous
• blooming
• thankful
• blithesome
• gay
• lightsome
• gladsome
• jocund
• gratified
• chuffed
• tickled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blank
• listless
• flat
• dark
• black
• gray
• stoic
• grey
• stoical
• unemotional
• gloomy
• dismal
• sullen
• depressing
• melancholy
• glum
• glaring
• frowning
• darkening
• lowering
• glowering
• louring
• scowling

4

as in warm

having or expressing great depth of feeling

glowing declarations of everlasting love

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warm
• passionate
• fervent
• intense
• passional
• emotional
• charged
• fiery
• ardent
• blazing
• enthusiastic
• flaming
• burning
• incandescent
• demonstrative
• religious
• impassioned
• fervid
• feverish
• vehement
• torrid
• superheated
• perfervid
• red-hot
• sentimental
• sugary
• warm-blooded
• on fire
• hot-blooded
• saccharine
• sloppy
• mushy
• gushy
• mawkish
• zealous
• gushing
• sappy
• melodramatic
• histrionic
• obsessed
• schmaltzy
• uninhibited
• gung ho
• infatuated
• keen
• enamored
• maudlin
• orgiastic
• unreserved
• frenzied
• unrestrained
• overheated
• overexcited
• overemotional

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cold
• cool
• dispassionate
• impassive
• dry
• objective
• detached
• impersonal
• emotionless
• unemotional
• reserved
• undemonstrative

glowing

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verb

present participle of glow

1

as in burning

to be on fire especially brightly

the coals glowed red-hot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• blazing
• flaming
• flickering
• shining
• gleaming
• firing
• smoldering
• combusting
• glinting
• igniting
• going up in flames
• melting
• glittering
• glistening
• flashing
• scorching
• shimmering
• sparkling
• glimmering
• beaming
• kindling
• wavering
• smouldering
• cooking
• radiating
• lighting (up)
• twinkling
• glaring
• baking
• brightening
• sparking
• charring
• enkindling
• roasting
• catching
• flaring (up)
• broiling
• sweltering
• deflagrating
• sputtering
• beating (down)
• scintillating
• guttering

2

as in blushing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blushing
• flushing
• blooming
• reddening
• crimsoning
• turning color
• coloring
• disconcerting
• rouging
• mortifying
• ruddling
• humiliating
• discomfiting
• embarrassing
• incarnadining
• abashing
• fazing
• chagrining

Examples of glowing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Siri should become more powerful with not only a new glowing look but also the ability to respond to more natural spoken language queries. —PCMAG, 23 Sep. 2024

The gold in the ground was already beginning to peter out when the orange fruit rose on the Pacific horizon — a gleaming, glowing citrus sun, a stand-in for the sun itself on fruit crate labels, tourist guides, postcards. —Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024

Lindsay Lohan Celebrates 38th Birthday with Smiling Selfie: ‘Grateful for Every Moment’ 47 of 48 Naomi Watts Wonder who's responsible for that glowing, makeup-free visage? —Kaitlyn Frey, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024

Instead, think of this fragrance as a golden hour moment—warm, glowing, and full of possibilities. —Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 13 Sep. 2024