aglow

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈɡloʊ/ UK /əˈɡləʊ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
glowing with warmth, light, or emotion

Her face was aglow with pride at the ceremony.

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Synonyms

1 adj · glowing with warmth, light,... glowing radiant luminous incandescent beamingflushed

Opposites

dim dull dark pallid

Word family

Related forms glow glowing

Etymology

From a- ('in a state of') + glow, from Old English glowan ('to glow, shine'), from Proto-Germanic *glo-, from a Proto-Indo-European root *ghel- ('to shine').

glowan Old English *ǵʰel- Proto-Indo-European

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# aglow

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /əˈɡloʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈɡləʊ/

## Meanings
1. glowing with warmth, light, or emotion

## Examples
- Her face was aglow with pride at the ceremony.

## Synonyms
- glowing
- radiant
- luminous
- incandescent
- beaming
- flushed

## Antonyms
- dim
- dull
- dark
- pallid

## Related Forms
- glow
- glowing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: glowan
- Root: *ǵʰel-

## Etymology
From a- ('in a state of') + glow, from Old English glowan ('to glow, shine'), from Proto-Germanic *glo-, from a Proto-Indo-European root *ghel- ('to shine').

## AI Etymology
aglow comes from a- ('in a state of') + glow, from Old English glowan ('to glow, shine'), from Proto-Germanic *glo-, from a Proto-Indo-European root *ghel- ('to shine'). Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the adjective sense is "glowing with warmth, light, or emotion", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as glow, glowing, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old English glowan, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel-, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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