aglow

/ə'glou/

Thân thiện

The cozy cottage is aglow with warm light from its windows.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Softly bright or radiant: Describes something emitting a warm, gentle, often reddish or golden light, as if glowing from within. It suggests a steady, pleasing luminosity, not a harsh glare.
   • Flushed with color or emotion: Describes a person's face or appearance that is brightly flushed, typically due to health, excitement, happiness, or warmth.

Usage

The word "aglow" is primarily used as a predicate adjective, often following a linking verb like "was," "felt," or "looked." It is commonly used with the preposition "with" to indicate the source of the glow (e.g., lights, happiness, health).

Examples

• Describing light or objects:
  • The evening sky was aglow with the colors of the sunset.
  • The room was aglow in the soft light of the fireplace.
• Describing people or faces:
  • Her face was aglow with happiness when she heard the news.
  • After her run, she returned aglow with health and vitality.

Advanced Usage

• "to set something aglow": to cause something to glow or become radiant.
  • The setting sun set the western horizon aglow.
• Used in literary or descriptive contexts to convey warmth, beauty, or intense positive emotion.

Variants and Related Words

• Glow (verb/noun): To emit light or heat without flame; a steady radiance.
  • The coals glow in the dark.
• Glowing (adjective): Brightly radiant; expressing great praise or warmth.
  • She gave a glowing review of the performance.
• Lambent (adjective): (Literary) Softly glowing or flickering.
  • lambent flames.
• Lucent (adjective): (Literary) Glowing with or giving off light.
  • the lucent moon.
• Luminous (adjective): Emitting or reflecting light, especially in the dark; very bright.
  • a luminous watch dial.

Synonyms

• Radiant: Sending out light; shining brightly. Also used for great happiness or beauty.
• Incandescent: Emitting light as a result of being heated; brilliantly shining.
• Lustrous: Having a soft, radiant shine or glow.
• Beaming: Shining brightly; smiling radiantly.

Antonyms

• Dim: Not shining brightly or clearly.
• Dull: Lacking brightness or shine.
• Dark: With little or no light.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Aglow with pride: Visibly radiating a feeling of deep pleasure and satisfaction.
  • The parents were aglow with pride at their daughter's graduation.
• Aglow with anticipation: Showing visible excitement and eagerness about something to come.
  • The children's faces were aglow with anticipation on Christmas morning.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. softly bright or radiant
   • a house aglow with lights
   • glowing embers
   • lambent tongues of flame
   • the lucent moon
   • a sky luminous with stars

Từ đồng nghĩa

• aglow
• lambent
• lucent
• luminous