Synonyms

gleaming

American

[glee-ming] / ˈgli mɪŋ /

adjective

giving off or appearing to give off light or brightness; radiant; shining.

A cold, gray light filtered down through the bushes and lay on the faintly gleaming sand.
The newest release is a gleaming composite of epic, unabashedly pretty '70s songwriting and fancy-pants disco hedonism.

Other Word Forms

gleamingly adverb
ungleaming adjective

Etymology

Origin of gleaming

gleam ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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She saw it gleaming as she trudged along a paved road that hugs the fence, dropping her hiking poles the moment it registered.

From Los Angeles Times

A few gleaming motorcars pass with a honk.

From Literature

A tender hunk of goat may follow, gleaming over a sauce that gets its oceanic depth from dried scallops.

From The Wall Street Journal

When she stepped onto the runway, draped in fabric and confidence, her prosthetic gleaming under the spotlights, the room shifted.

From BBC

If I hadn’t already been seated, I would have collapsed right across that gleaming floor.

From Literature

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