She was incandescent with joy upon hearing his proposal.
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Incandescent
//ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt//
Synonyms for "incandescent" (88 found)
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Related words (44)
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13 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- incandescent adj (emitting light as result of heating)
Czech
3 entries- zářivý adj (shining brightly)
- žhavící adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- žhnoucí adj (emitting light as result of heating)
Dutch
4 entries- eclatant adj (showing intense emotion)
- lichtgevend adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- stralend adj (showing intense emotion)
- witgloeiend adj (shining brightly)
Finnish
4 entries- hehku adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- hehkuva adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- hehkuva adj (shining brightly)
- hehkuva adj (showing intense emotion)
French
4 entries- incandescent adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- irradiant adj (shining brightly)
- irradiant adj (showing intense emotion)
- rayonnant adj (showing intense emotion)
German
3 entries- Glüh adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- glühend adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- weißglühend adj (shining brightly)
Greek
1 entries- πυρακτωμένος adj (emitting light as result of heating)
Italian
3 entries- abbagliante adj (shining brightly)
- incandescente adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- risplendente adj (showing intense emotion)
Japanese
1 entries- 白熱 adj (emitting light as result of heating)
Korean
4 entries- 백열적인 adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- 백열적인 adj (shining brightly)
- 백열적인 adj (showing intense emotion)
- 백열하는 adj (emitting light as result of heating)
Occitan
1 entries- incandescent adj (emitting light as result of heating)
Portuguese
2 entries- incandescente adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- incandescente adj (showing intense emotion)
Russian
4 entries- горя́чий adj (showing intense emotion)
- накалённый добела adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- пы́лкий adj (showing intense emotion)
- светя́щийся adj (shining brightly)
Slovak
3 entries- žiarivá adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- žiarivé adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- žiarivý adj (emitting light as result of heating)
Spanish
4 entries- candente adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- deslumbrante adj (shining brightly)
- incandescente adj (emitting light as result of heating)
- irradiante adj (shining brightly)
Swedish
1 entries- bländande adj (shining brightly)
Tagalog
1 entries- nagbabaga adj (emitting light as result of heating)
Turkish
1 entries- akkor adj (emitting light as result of heating)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
We replaced all incandescent lightbulbs with new energy-saving lightbulbs.
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The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
Source: tatoeba (8214893)
He eats propolis near the hearth where an incandescent fire is burning.
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