adjective
- Marked by high spirits or excitement.
- usage: "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
- synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating
- Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
- usage: "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, scintillating
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