glowing

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

glowing

1. present participle and gerund of glow

glowing (plural glowings)

1. The action of the verb glow.
   • 1791, Robert Jackson, A Treatise on the Fevers of Jamaica, page 287:

     The coldness having now arrived at its acme, or highest point of intensity, glowings of heat were perceived in the intervals between the rigors or successions. These glowings grew gradually stronger […]

glowing (comparative more glowing, superlative most glowing)

1. That glows or glow.

   glowing embers

2. (figuratively) Full of praise.

   He received glowing references from his previous employers.

   • 1981 February 14, Joanne Brown, quoting Sondra Corry, “Feminist Starts Uproar By Putting Up Sticker”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 3:

     I was told that they had no more work for me due to cutbacks. They'd hired me only two weeks before because they were understaffed. I found out from another publisher that they are looking for a new typesetter. They told him I was too slow. I typed 70 wpm and they were nothing but glowing about my work.

   • 2023 December 29, Orysia Hrudka, “US academia still in thrall of “great Russia” myth”, in Euromaidan Press‎^[1]:

     But beyond the quantitative imbalance, the researchers identified significant qualitative biases favoring Russia in the course descriptions. They looked for “superlatives” like “masterpiece,” “genius” and “great” used to describe Russian literature and culture. About 31% of Russian literature course descriptions contained such glowing language, compared to only 11% for non-Russian literature.

   • 2025 July 14, Josh Taylor, “Scientists reportedly hiding AI text prompts in academic papers to receive positive peer reviews”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Nikkei reported other papers included text that said “do not highlight any negatives” and some gave more specific instructions on glowing reviews it should offer.

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