candescent

adjective

can·​des·​cent kan-ˈde-sᵊnt 

: glowing or dazzling from or as if from great heat

Synonyms

• beaming
• bedazzling
• bright
• brilliant
• clear
• dazzling
• effulgent
• fulgent
• glowing
• incandescent
• lambent
• lucent
• lucid
• luminous
• lustrous
• radiant
• refulgent
• sheeny
• shining
• shiny
• splendid

Examples of candescent in a Sentence

the campers were transfixed by the candescent flames of their seashore fire

Word History

Etymology

Latin candescent-, candescens, present participle of candescere, inchoative of candēre

First Known Use

1657, in the meaning defined above