Beaming
['biːmɪŋ] or ['bimɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) radiating or as if radiating light; 'the beaming sun'; 'the effulgent daffodils'; 'a radiant sunrise'; 'a refulgent sunset' .
(adj.) cheerful and bright; 'a beaming smile'; 'a glad May morning' .
(adj.) pleased and proud; 'beaming parents' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beam
(a.) Emitting beams; radiant.
Typed by Levi
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shining, gleaming, bright, radiant, beautiful, transparent, translucid
ANT:Dull, opaque, dingy, beamless, {[wan]?}, matt
Editor: Nicolas
Examples
- What a beaming face you have, Jane! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- If a laughing eye with a lively light, and a face bright with beaming and healthy energy, could attest that he was better, better he certainly was. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She changed as the door opened, and broke into a beaming smile. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The beaming sight, and the penetrating warmth, seemed to breed in him a cumulative cheerfulness, which soon amounted to delight. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I looked towards the knoll: there he lay, still as a prostrate column; his face turned to me: his eye beaming watchful and keen. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Both smooth heads were alike beaming, blundering, and bumpy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Through the beaming smile with which he regarded me as he reasoned thus, there now broke forth a look of disinterested benevolence quite astonishing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Patriarch, meanwhile, came inanely beaming towards the counting-house in the wake of Pancks. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A convulsion of despair crossed the love-beaming face of Adrian, while with set teeth he murmured, Yet they shall be saved! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She pities him, so she is good to him, said Jo, beaming at her from the croquet ground. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I knew I should bring you, she said with pleasure beaming in her glance. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The cherub went before, all beaming smiles; Bella and John Rokesmith followed; Gruff and Glum stuck to them like wax. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Pale as marble, clear and beaming as that, she heard my tale, and enquired concerning the spot where he had been deposited. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Thee uses thyself only to learn how to love thy neighbor, Ruth, said Simeon, looking, with a beaming face, on Ruth. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She looked into an illuminated countenance, whose characters were all beaming, though the page itself was dusk. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A characteristic, but not exactly complimentary, congratulation, returned Laurie, still in an abject attitude, but beaming with satisfaction. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The pleasure was mutual; for who could ever gaze on Mr. Pickwick's beaming face without experiencing the sensation? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The Lily we know, he corrected; and his cousin, beaming at the implied understanding, exclaimed joyfully: I'll tell her that! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Your soft eyes shall chuse their own time for beaming. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Remember,' said Mr. Pickwick, with beaming eyes, 'we met her at our excellent and hospitable friend's, Winkle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The little doctor looked wrathful, but confounded; and Mr. Payne gazed with a ferocious aspect on the beaming countenance of the unconscious Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That you are very likely to succeed,' replied Mr. Pickwick, with one of his beaming smiles. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Behold Mr and Mrs Boffin, beaming! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Nicolas