Her eyes scintillate with joy.
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Scintillate
//ˈsɪn.tɪˌleɪt//
Synonyms for "scintillate" (51 found)
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33 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَأَلَّقَ verb (to twinkle)
- تَلَأْلَأَ verb (to twinkle)
Bulgarian
2 entries- блещукам verb (to twinkle)
- искря verb (to twinkle)
Catalan
2 entries- centellejar verb (to twinkle)
- escintil·lar verb (to twinkle)
Czech
2 entries- jiskřit verb (to twinkle)
- třpytit se verb (to twinkle)
Dutch
2 entries- glinsteren verb (to twinkle)
- schitteren verb (to twinkle)
Esperanto
3 entries- flagreti verb (to twinkle)
- flagri verb (to twinkle)
- trembrili verb (to twinkle)
French
1 entries- scintiller verb (to twinkle)
German
4 entries- brillieren verb (to twinkle)
- flackern verb (to twinkle)
- flimmern verb (to twinkle)
- funkeln verb (to twinkle)
Greek
1 entries- σπινθηρίζω verb (to twinkle)
Hungarian
3 entries- fényt lövell verb (to twinkle)
- szikrázik verb (to twinkle)
- sziporkázik verb (to twinkle)
Ido
1 entries- cintilifar verb (to twinkle)
Irish
2 entries- aibhligh verb (to twinkle)
- drithligh verb (to twinkle)
Latin
1 entries- scintillō verb (to twinkle)
Māori
1 entries- kikiwa verb (to twinkle)
Old English
1 entries- blīcan verb (to twinkle)
Shan
1 entries- ၽၢပ်ႇ verb (to twinkle)
Spanish
1 entries- destellar verb (to twinkle)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Much interest appears to have been lately excited in England by Dr. Clarke's Experiments on the Blow-pipe, and the dangers of explosion attempted to be guarded against, by various contrivances. The following letter inserted in the Philosophical Magazine for December 1816, will show the importance attached to this interesting application of the gases in promoting fusion. […] 1. Platinum as thick as a stocking wire was instantly fused, scintillated, and fell into a large globule. 2. Palladium fused instantly and slightly scintillated.
Source: wiktionary
In fact, the whole place scintillated. Madame scintillated with combs and finery and jewellery behind the counter, mirrors innumerable scintillated behind Madame, whilst the ragtime scintillated from (as I discovered) a pianola […]
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The streets of Rangoon, wallowing in sun, flashed and scintillated with strolling crowds, skirted in their best silk longyis.
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