coruscating

verb

present participle of coruscate
as in gleaming
to shoot forth bursts of light a classic car from the 1950s, replete with yards of coruscating chrome

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Recent Examples of coruscating With his new book, Pan, Clune has turned his cockeyed sensibility and coruscating intellect to fiction. — Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coruscating
  1. gleaming
  2. glittering
  3. glinting
  4. shimmering
  5. flashing
  6. shining
  7. glistening
Verb
  • Sharing the rooftop with Watr, the pool setting is enchanting, surrounded by gleaming high-rises and overlooking the lake.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Most were gleaming white and conventionally extravagant, with black privacy glass and chrome railings and layers of decks.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of gleaming
Verb
  • This is a city full of glittering theater marquees and mint midcentury signage, and ringed with rail yards and the scars of an industrial center remade for human scale.
    — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
  • During the talk, Bardem reflected on a glittering career, from his early life growing up in one of Spain’s most prestigious acting families to winning an Oscar and, this year, finally conquering his fear of the stage.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of glittering
Verb
  • Animals started tracking across the plain, their eyes glinting in the flashlights Cordova and Heimann swept back and forth.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The placement feels resonant, since Boorman was always operating between poles of glinting victory and laughable failure.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of glinting
Verb
  • Popular comedian Antonis Kanakis poked fun at the 57-year-old’s flamboyant outfits in a skit posted online, donning a black wig and shimmering silver dress with a pink feather boa.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The shimmering metallic motif of Barbaro’s dress carried through to her shoes, sporting a pair of silver mules courtesy of Paris Texas.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of shimmering
Verb
  • At the same time, France’s looming debt has sent bond yields to the highest levels in 24 years, flashing warning signs not seen since the eurozone debt crisis in 2011.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Despite credit markets flashing warnings, equity holders essentially just stood there.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of flashing
Verb
  • The shining light this year is that there hasn’t been a major hurricane.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Skarsgard, who, like Colman, has made some daring career moves in recent years, became the only man to do this knight-in-shining-wicker justice.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of shining
Verb
  • The glistening torsos of the construction workers are all too easy to write off as sweaty.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Audiences can expect natural richness, such as underwater images of glistening shellfish, to encounter ecological dread.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of glistening

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“Coruscating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coruscating. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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