scintillating meaning and definition

SCINTILLATING adjective

Definition of scintillating (adjective)

1. brilliantly clever
   • "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue"
2. marked by high spirits or excitement
   • "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
   • synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, sparkly
3. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
   • "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"
   • synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, sparkly