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Adjective: glowing  glow-ing
  1. Highly enthusiastic
    "glowing praise"
Noun: glowing  glow-ing
  1. The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
    - radiance, glow
Verb: glow  glow
  1. Emit a steady even light without flames
    "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden"
     
  2. Have a complexion with a strong bright colour, such as red or pink
    "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna";
    - beam, radiate, shine
     
  3. Shine intensely, as if with heat
    "The coals were glowing in the dark";
    - burn
     
  4. Be exuberant or high-spirited
    "Make the people's hearts glow"
     
  5. Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
    "She was glowing with joy";
    - beam, radiate, shine

See also: enthusiastic, keen

Type of: appear, beam, experience, feel, light, look, radiate, seem, shine, visible light, visible radiation

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