Synonyms of raying

raying

verb

present participle of ray

1

as in shining

to emit rays of light

klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shining
• glowing
• radiating
• flashing
• beaming
• flaring
• gleaming
• flickering
• glistening
• burning
• glittering
• glimmering
• shimmering
• blazing
• glinting
• flaming
• illumining
• sheening
• beating (down)
• firing
• twinkling
• glistering
• glaring
• sparkling
• spangling
• lighting
• illuminating
• lustring
• blinding
• winking
• lightening
• irradiating
• luminescing
• coruscating
• blinking
• lustering
• brightening
• scintillating
• winkling
• dazzling
• bedazzling
• dazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkening
• blackening
• lowering
• louring

2

as in radiating

to extend outwards from or as if from a central point

laugh wrinkles rayed out from the corners of the old man's eyes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• radiating
• branching
• emanating
• flowing
• diverging
• stemming
• deriving
• fanning (out)
• diffusing
• proceeding
• arising
• splitting
• dissipating
• dispersing
• dispelling
• dividing
• spreading
• separating
• forking
• scattering
• springing
• ramifying
• parting
• issuing
• splaying
• unyoking
• uncoupling
• unlinking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• focusing
• converging
• meeting
• concentrating
• approaching
• focussing
• nearing
• funneling
• closing in (on)
• funnelling
• connecting
• linking
• centering (on)
• uniting
• joining
• coupling
• centralizing