Aglow

//əˈɡloʊ// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    glowing; radiant figuratively, sometimes

    "My prayer is a rapture in blue With a world far away And your lips close to mine Tonight while our hearts are aglow Oh, tell me the words I am longing to know"

Adjective
  1. 1
    softly bright or radiant wordnet

Synonyms

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luminousablazeafireaflameaflickeralight

Example

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""See, on the citadel, all grim with gore, / red-robed, and with the Gorgon shield aglow, / Tritonian Pallas bids the conflict roar.""

Etymology

From a- + glow.

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