scintillate

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.intr.

1. To throw off sparks; flash.
2. To sparkle or shine. See synonyms at flash.
3. To be animated and brilliant: dinner conversation that scintillated.

v.tr.

To give off (sparks or flashes).

[Latin scintillāre, scintillāt-, from scintilla, spark.]

scintillant scin'til·lant adj.
scintillatingly scin'til·lat'ing·ly adv.

verb

To emit light suddenly in rays or sparks: coruscate, flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink. See light/darkness.

IN BRIEF: To interest or excite; to spark.

Once I used to scintillate, but now I am dreary by sunset.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: give off

Meaning #2: reflect brightly
  Synonyms: sparkle, coruscate

Meaning #3: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars
  Synonyms: twinkle, winkle

Meaning #4: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon

Meaning #5: be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
  Synonyms: sparkle, coruscate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - gnistre, tindre
v. tr. - gnistre, funkle, tindre

Nederlands (Dutch)
schitteren, sprankelen, oplichten

Français (French)
v. intr. - (lit) scintiller, (fig) briller
v. tr. - scintiller

Deutsch (German)
v. - vor Geist sprühen, funkeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σπινθηρίζω, σπινθηροβολώ

Italiano (Italian)
scintillare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cintilar

Русский (Russian)
искриться, блестеть, излучать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - chispear, centellear, titilar, echar lumbre
v. tr. - lanzar (chispas, destellos)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gnistra, tindra, blixtra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发出火花, 焕发, 发出, 闪现出

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 發出火花, 煥發
v. tr. - 發出, 閃現出

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 불꽃을 튀기다, (재치, 기지 등이) 번득이다, 반짝이다
v. tr. - (섬광 등을) 발하다, (재치 등을) 번득이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 火花を発する, きらめく, 発する, ひらめかす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يومض, يطلق شررا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נצנץ, הבריק בדבריו, דיבר בחוכמה, הבזיק לרגע כשפגע בו חלקיק טעון (פיסיקה)‬
v. tr. - ‮התיז ניצוצות‬

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