beaming

/ˈbimɪŋ/

/ˈbimɪŋ/

Other forms: beamingly

If an object is beaming, it's glowing with light, but if a person is beaming, they're more likely to be smiling brightly.

Your car's beaming headlights or the beaming eyes of your cat, glowing in the dark, are bright and radiant. That's where the other meaning of beaming, cheerful and bright, comes from. A beaming smile glows and shines with true joy. Beaming comes from the verb beam, "emit rays of light."

Definitions of beaming

1. adjective

   radiating or as if radiating light
   “the beaming sun”

   synonyms: beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent

   bright

   emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
2. adjective

   cheerful and bright
   “a beaming smile”

   synonyms: glad

   cheerful

   being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
3. adjective

   pleased and proud
   “beaming parents”

   synonyms:

   proud

   feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride