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incandescent [ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt] adj
1. emitting light as a result of being heated to a high temperature; red-hot or white-hot 2. Informal extremely angry; raging [from Latin incandescere to become hot, glow, from in-2 + candescere to grow bright, from candēre to be white; see candid] incandescently adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
incandescent adjective 1. glowing, brilliant, shining, red-hot, radiant, luminous, white-hot, Day-Glo, phosphorescent incandescent light bulbs 2. furious, angry, mad, raging, boiling, fuming, choked, pissed (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), infuriated, incensed, enraged, maddened, pissed off (taboo slang), livid (informal), up in arms, on the warpath (informal), foaming at the mouth, wrathful, in high dudgeon, fit to be tied (slang), beside yourself It makes me incandescent with fury. Translations incandescent [ˌɪnkænˈdesnt] ADJ → incandescente she was incandescent (with rage) → estaba que trinaba(de rabia) incandescent incandescent [ˌɪnkænˈdɛsnt] adj (frm) → incandescente incandescent [ˌɪnkænˈdɛsnt] adj (frm) → incandescente adj incandescent [inkӕnˈdesnt] glowing white with heat. gloeiend مُتَوَهِّج нажежен žhavý hvidglødende weißglühend πυρακτωμένος incandescente hõõguv تابنده؛ ملتهب valkohehkuinen incandescent לוֹהֵט उद्दीप्त usijan, užaren izzó pijar rauðglóandi incandescente 白熱の 백열광을 발하는 įkaitęs nokaitēts līdz baltkvēlei; spožs; kvēlojošs pijar witgloeiend hvitglødende, skinnende żarzący się, żarzeniowy incandescente incandescent раскалённый žeravý razbeljen usijan []glödande, klart lysande ร้อนขึ้น akkor haline gelmiş 白熱的 розпечений, розжарений تیزي سے منوّر nóng sáng 遇热发光的,白炽的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A flare of lighters waved incandescently, couples began dancing, and much lip-syncing ensued. The superhero comic can be incandescently great and grimily idiotic, but even at its worst, it playfully evokes a wonder-inducing sense of fantastic human invention, of a fertile reworking of eternally appealing myths of beings with powers far beyond those of mortal men. It has become incandescently clear that the primary answer to Senator Mathias's question lies in one phenomenon--the increased use of televised political advertising. |
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