aglow with
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6.4
- idiom
:
iluminado por
- Her face was aglow with well-earned exhaustion, and she looked mighty fine.
- aglow with light
- aglow with candlelight
- aglow with happiness
Examples
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As I step out into the courtyard and open air, the censer is already aglow with light.
Fiction book (2002) -
And when he stood by the riverside with his splendid hair set ablaze by the sun and his skin all aglow with it too, the white shirt made a striking contrast.
Fiction book (1995) -
"And for a few minutes I was aglow with fatuous joy.
Fiction book (1993) -
He stood naked at the edge of the pool, almost aglow with his easy beauty.
Fiction book (2001) -
The latter was still asleep, her angelic face aglow with sweet, innocent dreams.
Fiction book (1998) -
It's perhaps most stunning at dusk, when the ancient city is aglow with thousands of candles.
Blog text (8) -
The front of the pamphlet, an artist's sketch, shows the young woman aglow with holiness.
Fiction book (2000) -
The sunlight was shining prettily off the ivy in the courtyard, which was aglow with morning light.
Fiction book (1995) -
"You give a proper greeting," Rie chided him, but her face was aglow with happiness.
Fiction book (1996) -
The sunlight was shining prettily off the ivy in the courtyard, which was aglow with morning light.
Synonyms
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6.0
Burning with fire or full of strong feeling such as desire
4
5.3
Showing strong excitement or desire, often in the face
4
6.1
Shining with light or small fire, for example candles
3
7.5
Full of strong feeling or passion
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Morphology
The meaning 'filled with or radiating X' is directly derivable from combining 'aglow' (glowing, emitting light) with the preposition 'with' (indicating accompaniment or source), so a learner who knows both words can infer that 'aglow with pride' means visibly filled or radiating pride. Although often used figuratively for emotions, the light→emotion mapping is a conventional, compositional metaphor found across languages, making the phrase immediately understandable to B1 learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Aglow with comes from the clear picture of something aglow — shining or lit up, like a face that seems to give off light. So when we say someone is aglow with excitement or a room is aglow with candles, we mean it is 'filled with' that feeling or light.