aglow

Adjective
US[uh-gloh]/əˈɡloʊ/2 syllables
Synonyms: lambentlucentluminous

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. softly bright or radiant“a house aglow with lights”“glowing embers”“lambent tongues of flame”“the lucent moon”“a sky luminous with stars”Synonyms: lambentlucentluminousOpposite dullSimilar bright
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

A·glow′ (…), adverb & adjective

Origin: Pref. a- + glow.

In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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