scintillating conversation

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• scintillating — [[t]sɪ̱ntɪleɪtɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A scintillating conversation or performance is very lively and interesting. You can hardly expect scintillating conversation from a kid that age. Syn: sparkling …   English dictionary

• scintillating — scin|til|lat|ing [ˈsıntıleıtıŋ] adj interesting, clever, and amusing ▪ scintillating conversation ▪ a scintillating performance …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scintillating — /ˈsɪntəleɪtɪŋ/ (say sintuhlayting) adjective 1. sparkling; flashing; twinkling. 2. witty; amusing: a scintillating conversation. 3. stimulating interest or pleasure: a scintillating evening …  

• scintillating — adjective Date: 1846 brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty < a scintillating conversation > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scintillating — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [SIN tuh late ing] sparkling, flashing. Also, brilliant, as of wit. The scintillating conversation made the party a success. SYN.: 1. sparkling glittering, brilliant, glinting, glimmering,… …   English dictionary for students

• scintillating — scin|til|lat|ing [ sıntl,eıtıŋ ] adjective very impressive, interesting, or clever: a scintillating conversation/performance …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• scintillating — adjective interesting, clever, and amusing: scintillating conversation …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• scintillating — UK [ˈsɪntɪˌleɪtɪŋ] / US [ˈsɪnt(ə)lˌeɪtɪŋ] adjective very impressive, interesting, or clever a scintillating conversation/performance …   English dictionary

• savinggrace — saving grace n. A redeeming quality, especially one that compensates for one s shortcomings: The scintillating conversation was the saving grace of a bad and overpriced meal. * * * …   Universalium

• performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium