incandesce

Radiate white heat

To incandesce is to glow with heat, emitting light as a result of being heated to a high temperature: The filament incandesced when current passed through it.

The verb is a back-formation from incandescent, more often encountered as an adjective describing the white-hot glow of heated materials or, figuratively, passionate intensity.

emotion

fervor

Intense emotional intensity

  • passionIntense emotional drive
  • ardorIntense emotional warmth
  • zealIntense driving devotion

intensity · fury · rage · burning · fiery · inflamed · smoldering · seething · heated · blazing

glow

luminescence

Heatless light emission

shimmer · glimmer · phosphorescence · fluorescence · effulgence · refulgence · resplendence · luster · sheen · white-hot

heat

furnace

Enclosed heat-producing structure

  • flameBurning gas made visible
  • burnDamage by heat
  • igniteStart burning something

smolder · blaze · thermal · sear · embers · kiln · forge · smelting · combustion · char

light-source

filament

Very thin thread

lamp · lightbulb · halogen · mantle · lantern · cathode · electrode · arc-lamp · chandelier

Opposites
light emission

incandescedarken

Diminish light in

go dark · dull · extinguish · go out · dim

thermal state

incandescefreeze

Become solid from cold

cool · chill · cool down · ice over · solidify

intensity/brilliance

incandescefade

Lose intensity gradually

dim · dull · wane · pale · gutter

Phrases
Family

incandescent, incandescence, incandescently, incandescents

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G