to radiate
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4.0
- verb
- /ˈreɪdiˌeɪt/
:
irradiar
- When he speaks, his passion for the project radiates through every word.
It's just that you are radiating positivity and happiness.
- It's just that you are radiating positivity and happiness.
- It's this beautiful secret power for radiating your light in greater degrees.
- And these women were sitting and radiating the type of glow that I had never seen.
- They can seduce on a grand scale, learn to create the charismatic illusion by radiating intensity while remaining detached.
- I knew she couldn't understand what I was saying, but I knew she could feel everything that I radiated.
- I think that's why you radiate such incredible love and energy going through chemo and the things that you're going through.
- Your positivity radiates like sunshine way, dear.
- I suspect there's something parallel with men where like certain men radiate kind of like short term hotness rather than like good long term husband potential.
- As long as you're happy, that usually means if your taste is decent enough, that means others will be happy or we'll see the joy radiate through it.
- You don't speak, you don't radiate when you mention anybody else's name.
Examples
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When he turned to me again, his face radiated a paradoxical and disquieting calm.
Fiction book (2000) -
The sheer joy of being alive and queer radiated from every face.
Academic text (2012) -
I love this because it's within your power to shift yourself and to radiate something different.
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These beautiful eyes of yours will radiate with security from now on
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The people who radiate confidence and naturally excel at life.
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How you feel on the inside radiates to the people on your outside.
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You're only good if you are able to be happy, strong, healthy inside and then pass it and radiate that to others.
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Her entire body radiates with pure energy, giving her enormous strength and size.
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He is an individual who radiates joy and happiness.
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The tableau, on any late summer afternoon, radiates comfort and well-being.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To show ideas and feelings by words or actions
93
1.0
To have warm, healthy cheeks that show happiness
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6.4
Show a strong, clear feeling or quality
Antonyms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Radiate comes from Latin radius 'ray' and is related to the word radiant, which means shining with light. So, to radiate a feeling is to give it off like light or warmth that others can see or feel.