Synonyms of incandescent

incandescent

adjective

1

as in glowing

giving off or reflecting much light

sitting in darkness, except for the incandescent coals of our campfire

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in passionate

having or expressing great depth of feeling

a speaker incandescent with righteous anger over the treatment of the refugees

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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