beaming
Americanadjective
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radiant; bright.
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smiling brightly; cheerful.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of beaming
Explanation
If an object is beaming, it's glowing with light, but if a person is beaming, they're more likely to be smiling brightly. Your car's beaming headlights or the beaming eyes of your cat, glowing in the dark, are bright and radiant. That's where the other meaning of beaming, cheerful and bright, comes from. A beaming smile glows and shines with true joy. Beaming comes from the verb beam, "emit rays of light."
Vocabulary lists containing beaming
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Thousands of people lined highways, toll plazas and city streets waving Venezuelan flags and chanting "Liberty!" as a beaming Machado entered the capital in a convoy of cars and motorbikes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
On a double date with her husband and their best friends, Mona, beaming, tells the group that she’s auditioned for “a musical show.”
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
At the time, a beaming Trump praised the newly elected mayor and predicted he would do a “very good job.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
It’s common for multiple news choppers to arrive at the scene of breaking news, beaming live images for newscasts and streaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Bless her heart! She pities him, so she is good to him,” said Jo, beaming at her from the croquet ground.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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