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aglow adjective
/əˈgləʊ/
/-ˈgloʊ/ adj [after verb] literary Definition
bright; shining with light and colour
a city at night, aglow with lights
His face was all aglow with excitement.
(Definition of aglow adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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