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incandescent
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in·can·des·cent  (nkn-dsnt)
adj.
1. Emitting visible light as a result of being heated.
2. Shining brilliantly; very bright. See Synonyms at bright.
3. Characterized by ardent emotion, intensity, or brilliance: an incandescent performance.

incan·descent·ly adv.

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
Adj.1.incandescent - emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb"
light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
2.incandescent - characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance"
glorious - having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature"

incandescent
adjective
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] ADJincandescente
she was incandescent (with rage)estaba que trinaba(de rabia)

incandescent [ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt] adj
[substance, device] → incandescent(e)
(= brilliant) [person, personality, performance] → brillant(e)
to be incandescent with rage → être vert(e) de rage

incandescent
adj (lit)(weiß) glühend; (fig liter)hell leuchtend, strahlend; incandescent lightGlühlampe f, → Glühbirne f; incandescent with rage or furybis zur Weißglut gereizt

incandescent [ˌɪnkænˈdɛsnt] adj (frm) → incandescente

incandescent
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 ,


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It also said it was put together by a team of top chefs, which made me incandescently angry.
Judas, meanwhile, seems muted and tender, drums and guitars caressing each other, until McCabe suddenly flares incandescently, a blur of impassioned rage.
It is time to rage, rage incandescently against the dying of the light of decency and fair play in this country.
 
 
 
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