adj. brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue"

adj. marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"

adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"

adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"

adj. engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

adj. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories"

adj. joyously unrestrained

adj. having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons"

adj. made joyful; "the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive"

adj. resembling lather or covered with lather

adj. marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"

adj. covered with patches of bright color

adj. mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"

adj. mentally nimble and resourceful; "quick-witted debater"; "saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact"

adj. quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

adj. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"

adj. having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"

adj. characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"

adj. having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch

adj. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"

adj. endowed with the capacity to reason

adj. (followed by `to' or `of') aware of; "is alive to the moods of others"

adj. marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"

adj. fresh and animated; "her breezy nature"

adj. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones"

adj. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

adj. bright with a steady but subdued shining; "from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights"; "the gleaming brass on the altar"; "Nereids beneath the nitid moon"

adj. softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"

adj. small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes"

adj. radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"

adj. shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"

adj. shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars"

adj. (metaphor) shining brightly

adj. full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"

adj. sharp and piercing

adj. shining softly and intermittently; "glimmery candlelight"

adj. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

adj. glistening tremulously; "the shimmery surface of the lake"; "a dress of shimmery satin"

adj. reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"

adj. having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen"

adj. not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"

adj. lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

adj. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"