scintillating
/ˌsɪntəˈleɪtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
present participle and gerund of scintillate.
adj
That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling.
adj
Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty.
Example Sentences
- "On the scintillating water yellow and blue boats bobbed up and down."
- "They sank me into the ocean / Wishing me to remain in the depths. / I became a deep sea diver / And came up covered with scintillating pearls."
- "Her sketches and tales may be said to be cleverly written. They are lively, easy, conventional, scintillating with a species of sarcastic wit, which might be termed good were it in any respect original."
- "The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition."
- "For the last thirteen months, Beatles cofounder John Lennon has been Liverpool's darling. He can do no wrong. His group's music is scintillating. His public demeanor has been exemplary. He is a credit to our city, to rock 'n' roll musicians, and to the undead."
- "The hosts maintained their discipline and shape, even threatening to grab a second goal on the break – left-back Dan Harding made a scintillating run, skipping past a few challenges before prodding a right-footed shot that did not match his build-up."
Etymology
From scintillate + -ing.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌsɪntəˈleɪtɪŋ/
- British English: /ˌsɪntɪˈleɪtɪŋ/
Inflected Forms
more scintillating (comparative)
most scintillating (superlative)
Derived Forms
scintillatingly
scintillatingness