Scintillating
adjective
Very lively, exciting or clever.
She gave a scintillating performance in the play last night.
Often appears as...
- scintillating performance
- scintillating conversation
adjective
Shining brightly with flashes of light.
The scintillating lights of the city were a mesmerizing sight.
Often appears as...
- scintillating lights
- scintillating stars
adjective
Very lively, exciting or clever.
She gave a scintillating performance in the play last night.
Often appears as...
- scintillating performance
- scintillating conversation
adjective
Shining brightly with flashes of light.
The scintillating lights of the city were a mesmerizing sight.
Often appears as...
- scintillating lights
- scintillating stars
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Pro Tip 1/3Mental Sparkle
Use 'scintillating' to describe someone's lively and intelligent qualities, especially in conversation or performance.
His scintillating wit always lights up the room.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Vibes
Conveys a very positive impression; use it when impressed by someone's intellect or when something is exciting.
Her scintillating ideas on the topic were praised by all.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Events
Often used in the context of performances, exhibitions, and high-culture events, suggesting sophistication.
The ballet was a scintillating display of artistic expression.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Sparkle
Use 'scintillating' to describe someone's lively and intelligent qualities, especially in conversation or performance.
His scintillating wit always lights up the room.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Vibes
Conveys a very positive impression; use it when impressed by someone's intellect or when something is exciting.
Her scintillating ideas on the topic were praised by all.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Events
Often used in the context of performances, exhibitions, and high-culture events, suggesting sophistication.
The ballet was a scintillating display of artistic expression.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Sparkle
Use 'scintillating' to describe someone's lively and intelligent qualities, especially in conversation or performance.
His scintillating wit always lights up the room.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Vibes
Conveys a very positive impression; use it when impressed by someone's intellect or when something is exciting.
Her scintillating ideas on the topic were praised by all.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Events
Often used in the context of performances, exhibitions, and high-culture events, suggesting sophistication.
The ballet was a scintillating display of artistic expression.
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Bit of a wretched genre of literature, really, going on about how amazing everyone in the household is, or even more scintillating, how busy everyone in the household is. But these letters serve a purpose, which is that they tell your friends and family what you did in your personal life that mattered to you over the year. So this year's kind of done,
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Feats of memory anyone...
scintillating and I went back and I read a whole host of memory treatises treatises written 2,000 plus years ago in Latin in antiquity and then later in the Middle Ages and I learned a whole bunch of really interesting stuff one of the
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Creating whole-table...
he held dinners that were scintillating he had invite but was able to invite anyone in the world and they showed he had discussions under candlelight that created our country so we took that idea
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How to gain control of...
Bit of a wretched genre of literature, really, going on about how amazing everyone in the household is, or even more scintillating, how busy everyone in the household is. But these letters serve a purpose, which is that they tell your friends and family what you did in your personal life that mattered to you over the year. So this year's kind of done,
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Feats of memory anyone...
scintillating and I went back and I read a whole host of memory treatises treatises written 2,000 plus years ago in Latin in antiquity and then later in the Middle Ages and I learned a whole bunch of really interesting stuff one of the
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Creating whole-table...
he held dinners that were scintillating he had invite but was able to invite anyone in the world and they showed he had discussions under candlelight that created our country so we took that idea
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John Hurt
British Actor
You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating.
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Kat Edmonson
American Musician
New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours, that illusion is overtaken by the constant hustle to juggle a part-time or full-time job, a myriad of errands, a second or third gig of the day, and perhaps a child or two somewhere.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
The worst thing that happens to you at college if you fail to get out of bed in time is that you will miss two hours of someone reading scintillating anecdotes about Medieval Ireland. The worst thing that happens to you in life if you fail to get out of bed in time is that you might lose your job as a first responder.
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Jules Massenet
French Composer
I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns.
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Ruth Rendell
British Writer
Some women say as they get older they're no longer noticed: they disappear. Men, for instance, don't see them. Nobody wants them. That doesn't happen to me because of who I am. Not because I'm any more scintillating company, but because I'm Ruth Rendell.
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Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.
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Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
I know, to some, I am always a little over the top, but that's just who I am, and I'd rather be that way than monotone or less than scintillating in my presentation.
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Zeenat Aman
Indian Actress
My sons, Azaan and Zahaan, make for scintillating company; they are both foodies. The three of us love spending time trying out new joints and cuisines.
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John Hurt
British Actor
You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating.
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Kat Edmonson
American Musician
New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours, that illusion is overtaken by the constant hustle to juggle a part-time or full-time job, a myriad of errands, a second or third gig of the day, and perhaps a child or two somewhere.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
The worst thing that happens to you at college if you fail to get out of bed in time is that you will miss two hours of someone reading scintillating anecdotes about Medieval Ireland. The worst thing that happens to you in life if you fail to get out of bed in time is that you might lose your job as a first responder.
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Jules Massenet
French Composer
I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns.
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Ruth Rendell
British Writer
Some women say as they get older they're no longer noticed: they disappear. Men, for instance, don't see them. Nobody wants them. That doesn't happen to me because of who I am. Not because I'm any more scintillating company, but because I'm Ruth Rendell.
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Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.
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Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
I know, to some, I am always a little over the top, but that's just who I am, and I'd rather be that way than monotone or less than scintillating in my presentation.
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Zeenat Aman
Indian Actress
My sons, Azaan and Zahaan, make for scintillating company; they are both foodies. The three of us love spending time trying out new joints and cuisines.
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