scintillating

scintillating
    adj 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" [syn: {bubbling}, {effervescent},
       {frothy}, {scintillating}, {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" [syn:
       {aglitter(p)}, {coruscant}, {fulgid}, {glinting},
       {glistering}, {glittering}, {glittery}, {scintillant},
       {scintillating}, {sparkly}]
    

Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare,
   scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.]
   1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
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            As the electrical globe only scintillates when
            rubbed against its cushion.           --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
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119 Moby Thesaurus words for "scintillating":
      Attic, ablaze, adroit, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, apt,
      ardent, biting, blazing, blinking, blinky, brainy, bright,
      brilliant, burning, candent, candescent, clever, comburent,
      conflagrant, coruscant, coruscating, dazzling, dexterous, droll,
      dynamic, effervescent, effulgent, engaging, entrancing, exciting,
      facetious, fascinating, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flashing,
      flickering, fuming, funny, gifted, gleaming, glimmering,
      glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery,
      glowing, good, guttering, humorous, humorsome, ignescent, ignited,
      in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent, inflamed,
      invigorating, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing,
      keen, keen-witted, kindled, live, lively, living, lustrous,
      mordant, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, not born yesterday,
      on fire, pointed, pungent, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted,
      radiant, rapier-like, reeking, salt, salty, scintillant,
      scintillescent, sharp, sharp-witted, shimmering, shimmery, shining,
      smart, smoking, smoldering, spangly, sparking, sparkling,
      sprightly, steel-trap, stimulating, talented, tinselly, twinkling,
      twinkly, unextinguished, unquenched, vivacious, whimsical, witty