1
: producing light
a glowing computer screen
: shining with or as if with warmth or heat
a glowing fire
Night falls and suddenly you see glowing eyes everywhere.—
Michelle Barker
Michelle Barker2
a
: marked by a rich, warm coloration
… small hotels and apartment houses in the south Miami Beach area … have been refurbished in glowing sunset colors …—Time
Time
b
: radiantly healthful
a glowing complexion
glowing good health
Madge, whom he had always liked the least of the Lapham girls, was rosy, glowing, and beaming.—Esther Forbes
Esther Forbes3
: highly enthusiastic and favorable
a movie that has received glowing reviews
a glowing introduction
a glowing description
glowingly
adverb
Over small cups of strong coffee in a cheerless reception room, he spoke glowingly of his native land.
—Burton Bernstein
Burton Bernstein
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Typhoid, transient, pregnant, poignant, glowing, galloping, parasite.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Pamela Anderson is flying high at the moment thanks to the most glowing notices of her career in The Last Showgirl.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Jan. 2025
Comets, composed of dust, rock and ices, heat up and expel gas when their orbits bring them closer to the sun, creating a glowing halo around the comet itself known as a coma.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
In an Instagram post shared by her Victorious costar Eric Lange, who played the performing arts teacher at the fictional Hollywood High in the 2010s Nickelodeon sitcom, the actor gave a glowing review of Grande’s Glinda in the new blockbuster movie-musical.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Pamela Anderson is flying high at the moment thanks to the most glowing notices of her career in The Last Showgirl.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Jan. 2025
Comets, composed of dust, rock and ices, heat up and expel gas when their orbits bring them closer to the sun, creating a glowing halo around the comet itself known as a coma.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
In an Instagram post shared by her Victorious costar Eric Lange, who played the performing arts teacher at the fictional Hollywood High in the 2010s Nickelodeon sitcom, the actor gave a glowing review of Grande’s Glinda in the new blockbuster movie-musical.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Glowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glowing. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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