agleam

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈɡliːm/

Definition of agleam

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Glowing with subdued light.
    “She was on her knees with her arms round Andrew's neck before he could prevent her. Her eyes were tearfully agleam, as, audibly reckless, she sobbed[.]”
    “[Magazine staffer about his political team:] Pencils at the ready, keen brains agleam behind intelligent horn rims, these experts spread out to ravel the loose ends of White-Housing, web-spinning spiders for [the presidential candidate].”
    “It was a dark Saturday night last month on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Saturday nights can get very dark, but Sabrina Brier, in a rhinestone necklace and strapless plaid pantsuit, was agleam onstage at a basement comedy club called Caveat warming up the crowd.”

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Etymology

From a- + gleam.

Anagrams of agleam

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