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| Main Entry: | sparkling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | glinting |
| Synonyms: | bright, brilliant, glowing, radiant, scintillating, shimmering, shining, gleaming |
| Main Entry: | sparkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glitter, shine |
| Synonyms: | beam, bubble, coruscate, dance, effervesce, fizz, fizzle, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glow, scintillate, shimmer, spark, twinkle, wink |
| Antonyms: | darken, dull |
| Main Entry: | cheerful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | airy, animated, blithe, bright, buoyant, cheery, chipper, contented, effervescent, enthusiastic, gay, glad, good-humored, good-natured, hearty, high, hilarious, hopeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, joyful, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, peppy, perky, pleasant, roseate, rosy, sanguine, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, sunny, up*, upbeat, vivacious, winsome, zippy, bouncy, bucked, chirpy, enlivening, full of pep, gladsome, in good spirits, in high spirits, sunny side up, zappy, zingy |
| Antonyms: | cheerless, depressed, gloomy, grave, heavy, melancholy, sad, serious, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dazzling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | radiant |
| Synonyms: | beaming, bright, brilliant, flashy, glaring, glittering, ravishing, resplendent, sensational, shining, sparkling, splendid, stunning |
| Main Entry: | fizzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effervescent |
| Synonyms: | bubbling, bubbly, sparkling, aerated, carbonated, gassy, spumante |
| Antonyms: | flat, still |
| Main Entry: | flashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flamboyant, in poor taste |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, florid, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, jazzy*, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, showy, snazzy, sparkling, tacky*, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar, catchpenny, glittery, glitzy, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple, subdued, tasteful, unobtrusive, unflamboyant, unflashy, ungaudy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy, delightful |
| Synonyms: | animated, beaming, beautiful, blithesome, bright, can't complain, cheerful, cheering, cheery, contented, exhilarated, felicitous, floating on air, gay, genial, gleeful, gratified, gratifying, hilarious, jocund, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, pleasant, pleased, pleased as punch, pleasing, radiant, rejoicing, sparkling, tickled, tickled pink*, tickled to death, up, willing |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lively |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, active, busy |
| Synonyms: | agile, alert, animate, animated, astir, blithe, bright, brisk, buoyant, cheerful, chipper*, complex, dashing, driving, effervescent, enjoyable, enterprising, entertaining, festive, frisky, frolicsome, gay, happy, industrious, involved, jocund, jumping, keen, merry, nimble, peppy*, perky, pert, provocative, quick, refreshing, rousing, snappy, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, spry, stimulating, stirring, vigorous, vivacious, zippy*, blithesome, bouncy, bustling, buzzing, chirpy, full of pep, go-go, hyper |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, dispirited, inactive, lethargic, lifeless, sleepy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lustrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | glossy, shining |
| Synonyms: | bright, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glorious, glowing, incandescent, lambent, luminous, polished, radiant, refulgent, shimmering, shiny, sparkling, splendid, waxy, burnished, glacé, gleaming, glinting, glistening, lucent |
| Antonyms: | dark, dull, matte, unshiny |
| Main Entry: | ornate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fancily decorated |
| Synonyms: | adorned, aureate, baroque, beautiful, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted, dazzling, elaborate, elegant, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, fussy, gaudy, gilded, glamorous, glossy, lavish, luscious, magnificent, meretricious, opulent, ostentatious, overdone, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, sparkling, splashy, sumptuous, superficial, tawdry, variegated, bedecked, embroidered, glitzy, high-wrought, jeweled, ornamented, overelaborate |
| Notes: | ornamental means serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose, while ornate means elaborately or excessively decorated or adorned |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple |
| Main Entry: | peppy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively, vigorous |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animate, animated, bright, gay, keen, perky, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, vivacious |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, inactive, lethargic, tired |
| Main Entry: | piquant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flavorful, biting |
| Synonyms: | interesting, lively, peppery, poignant, provocative, pungent, racy, savory, sharp, snappy, sparkling, spicy, spirited, stimulating, stinging, tangy, tart, highly-seasoned, well-flavored, with a kick, zestful, zesty |
| Antonyms: | bland, dull |
| Main Entry: | scintillating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, stimulating |
| Synonyms: | animated, brilliant, clever, dazzling, ebullient, exciting, glittering, lively, shining, smart, sparkling, sprightly, twinkling, witty, flashing, gleaming, glimmering, glinting |
| Antonyms: | blah, dull |
| Main Entry: | shiny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, glistening |
| Synonyms: | clear, glossy, lustrous, polished, satiny, slick, sparkling, sunny, agleam, burnished, gleaming, sheeny |
| Antonyms: | dark, dull |
| Main Entry: | spirited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively, vivacious |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animate, animated, ardent, audacious, avid, bold, brave, bright, burning, courageous, dauntless, eager, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, fearless, fiery, game, gritty, gutsy*, high-spirited, hot, intrepid, jumping, keen, mettlesome, nervy, passionate, peppery, peppy, plucky, resolute, sharp, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, spunky, vigorous, zealous, zippy*, bouncy, chirpy, full of life, gingery, hyper, rocking, zappy, zesty, zingy |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, depressed, dispirited, lazy, lethargic, unhappy, unlively |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unspoiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fresh |
| Synonyms: | clean, clear, crisp, latest, natural, new, original, pristine, pure, recent, refreshing, sparkling, untouched, whole, young, just out, uncontaminated, unpolluted, unprocessed, untainted |
| Main Entry: | vivacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively, spirited |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animate, animated, brash, breezy, bubbling, cheerful, ebullient, effervescent, exuberant, frolicsome, gay, happy, high-spirited, jolly, jumping, keen, lighthearted, merry, playful, scintillating, sparkling, sportive, sprightly, swinging, upbeat, vibrant, vital, bouncy, full of life, rocking, zesty |
| Antonyms: | boring, dispirited, dull, unattractive, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | witty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny and clever |
| Synonyms: | amusing, bright, brilliant, crazy*, droll, entertaining, epigrammatic, facetious, fanciful, gay, humorous, ingenious, intelligent, jocose, jocular, keen, lively, original, penetrating, piercing, piquant, quick-witted, ridiculous, scintillating, slapstick, sparkling, waggish, whimsical, campy, diverting, joshing, screaming |
| Antonyms: | serious, unamusing, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gilt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gilded |
| Synonyms: | gaudy, glittering, golden, lustrous, meretricious, painted, shiny, showy, sparkling, specious, alloyed, gleaming, overlaid, plated, tinsel, tinseled, varnished |
| Main Entry: | shimmering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | glimmering |
| Synonyms: | beaming, bright, glittering, glowing, scintillating, shining, sparkling, twinkling, glimmery, glistening, twinkly |
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