beaming
Glowing with joy
Beaming describes radiating light or joy.
A beaming smile is broad and bright, suggesting happiness that can't be contained: She was beaming with pride at her daughter's graduation.
The sun beams through clouds.
A beaming face glows with pleasure.
The word connects to beam—a ray of light, or the verb meaning to emit rays or transmit signals.
Showing a broad smile
- grinBroad, toothy smile
- toothyHaving prominent teeth
- broadWide in span
- ear-to-earStretching across one's face
wide · bright · warm · genuine · infectious · dazzling · megawatt · gleaming
Giving off steady light
- shiningGiving off light
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
resplendent · effulgent · gleaming · incandescent · lustrous · lambent · lucent · aglow
Intensely, buoyantly pleased
- ecstaticOverwhelmed with joy
- overjoyedExtremely pleased, intensely glad
- gleefulFull of high-spirited joy
- jubilantExtremely happy, triumphant
exhilarated · blissful · euphoric · delighted · radiant · glowing · sunny · buoyant
Joyfully victorious
- victoriousHaving achieved triumph
- accomplishedHighly skilled, expert
- satisfiedHaving enough, wanting nothing
- exultantIntensely, visibly joyful
glowing · dignified · honorable · self-satisfied · gratified · fulfilled · boastful · smug
grinning
Showing a broad smile
ear-to-ear · wide · bright · warm · genuine · infectious · dazzling · megawatt · gleaming · glowing
glowing
Giving off steady light
bright · resplendent · effulgent · gleaming · incandescent · lustrous · lambent · lucent · aglow · blazing
elated
Intensely, buoyantly pleased
- ecstaticOverwhelmed with joy
- overjoyedExtremely pleased, intensely glad
- gleefulFull of high-spirited joy
jubilant · exhilarated · blissful · euphoric · delighted · radiant · glowing · sunny · buoyant · cheerful
triumphant
Joyfully victorious
- victoriousHaving achieved triumph
- accomplishedHighly skilled, expert
- satisfiedHaving enough, wanting nothing
exultant · glowing · dignified · honorable · self-satisfied · gratified · fulfilled · boastful · smug · pleased
transmitting
Sending out signals
wireless · radio · microwave · laser · projecting · emitting · streaming · sending · relay · broadcast
- lighting termsdimming, LED bulb, floodlight, brightening, incandescent bulb
- lightsunlight, daylight, shine, rays, moonlight
- Emojissmile, smiley face, grin, heart emoji, grinning
- facial expressionssmiling, smile, grin, grinning, frown
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, delight
- reactionsreaction, response, gasp, wince, flinch