incandescent

Examples

• All

• Standing under the incandescent light, she felt the glow radiate warmth on her skin.

• But now she looked radiant, incandescent, glowing like a bride.

  Fiction book (1999)

• But every time she passed the incandescent eyes of her new oil portrait, she thought of him.

  Fiction book (1990)

• In the soft incandescent light, it seemed to Meredith that the painting of Rose came alive.

  Fiction book (1996)

• His face is crimson, streaked with sweat, and the glaring August sun turns his white hair incandescent.

  Fiction book (1998)

• At the edge of his field of vision, Comet Halley shone like an incandescent veil.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The artist captured the incandescent glow of the sun setting behind the mountains.

Synonyms

B

bright

vsincandescent

459 1.0

Full of strong light that makes a place easy to see

signals light caused by heating rather than mere reflection or general shine

L

luminous

vsincandescent

38 4.8

Shining with a soft steady light like a lantern

describes a strong glowing from heat rather than a gentle steady shine

R

red-hot

vsincandescent

6 4.1

So warm it glows red

focuses on intense heat but not on any particular glow color

W

white-hot

vsincandescent

3 5.3

Heated until it glows white

emphasizes intense heat without specifying a specific glow color

B

blazing

vsincandescent

1 3.5

Shining very brightly like the sun

specifies heat as the cause of the intense glow rather than just brightness

C

candent

vsincandescent

• Archaic

9.9

Glowing because it is very hot, like molten metal or lava

is identical in meaning and focuses on light produced by heat

C

candescent

vsincandescent

• Literature

9.9

Glowing because it is very hot, like metal or coals

is identical in meaning and focuses on intense heat causing the glow

E

emissive

vsincandescent

• Specialized

7.6

Something that gives off light or small particles, for example when heated

limits meaning to light from heat, not general particle or technical emission

Antonyms

D

dark

∞ 1.0

With little or no light and not bright

C

cold

131 1.0

The feeling of low temperature on your body

Compounds

I

incandescent lamp

• Specialized

1 4.1

A light bulb that makes light by heating a thin wire inside glass

I

incandescent smile

• Literature

6.5

A bright warm look on someone's face that lights a room

How Bright

blazing

1 3.5

incandescent

• Specialized

8 6.7

brilliant

14 3.0

dull

31 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology