glowing

glowing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

Verb

glowing

1. present participle of glow

Noun

glowing (plural glowings)

1. The action of the verb glow.
   • 1791, Robert Jackson, A Treatise on the Fevers of Jamaica, page 287:

     The coldness having now arrived at its acme, or highest point of intensity, glowings of heat were perceived in the intervals between the rigors or successions. These glowings grew gradually stronger […]

Adjective

glowing (comparative more glowing, superlative most glowing)

1. That glows or glow.

   glowing embers

2. (figuratively) Full of praise.

   He received glowing references from his previous employers.

Translations

that which glows

Arabic: مُتَوَهِّج‎ (mutawahhij) Danish: glødende Dutch: gloeiend (nl) Finnish: hohtava, hehkuva (fi) French: luisant (fr), brillant (fr) Georgian: კაშკაშა (ḳašḳaša), მნათი (mnati) German: glühend (de) Hungarian: fénylő (hu) Irish: beodhearg, breoch, caordhearg, dathannach, gríosach, lonrach Maori: ratarata, whakauraura, pakakina Norwegian: Bokmål: glødende Nynorsk: glødande Russian: блестя́щий (ru) (blestjáščij)

Anagrams

• gowling