aglow
Bathed in warmth
Aglow means softly lit or radiant, as if glowing from within.
A room aglow with candlelight has warm, diffuse illumination.
The word extends naturally to faces and expressions: Her face was aglow with excitement.
Something aglow radiates—whether light, warmth, or emotion.
Emitting light or joy
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- glintingReflecting brief flashes
lustrous · incandescent · lambent · suffused · lit · brightened · illuminated · beaming
radiant
Emitting light or joy
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
glinting · lustrous · incandescent · lambent · suffused · lit · brightened · illuminated · beaming · effulgent
cozy
Warm and snug
warmth · flickering · burning · candlelight · firelight · snug · toasty · flushed · rosy · blushing
radiant
Emitting light or joy
joyful · euphoric · rapturous · ecstatic · exhilarated · thrilled · delighted · overjoyed · gladdened · enraptured
- embarrassmentembarrassed, blush, humiliated, mortify, mortified
- A- wordsamoral, apathy, atheist, atypical, asymmetric