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glow

verb

1 lights glowed from the windows of the high-street shops:

shine, radiate, shed a glow;

gleam, glimmer, flicker, flare;

rare incandesce, phosphoresce, luminesce.

2 the remains of a fire glowed in the hearth:

radiate heat, burn without flames, smoulder.

3 her cheeks began to glow with embarrassment:

flush, blush, redden, go red, colour, colour up, go pink, crimson, go scarlet, be suffused with colour;

burn, radiate heat;

archaic mantle.

▷antonyms pale.

4 she glowed with pride:

radiate, tingle, thrill;

beam.

noun

1 the golden glow of the fire:

radiance, light, brightness, luminosity, shine, gleam, glimmer, incandescence, phosphorescence, luminescence;

richness, vividness, brilliance;

warmth, heat;

rare lambency, lucency, irradiance.

2 a delicate glow spread over her face:

flush, blush, rosiness, pinkness, redness, crimson, scarlet, reddening, ruddiness, high colour;

bloom, radiance;

warmth.

▷antonyms pallor.

3 she felt a warm glow deep inside her:

happiness, contentment, pleasure, satisfaction, gratification, gladness.

glow Oxford Dictionary of English