glowed

Glowed is the past tense and past participle of the verb glow. Glow means to emit steady light or warmth, or to have a soft, warm radiance. In literal use, an object such as a coal, lamp, or screen can glow. In figurative use, a person can glow with pride, health, or happiness.

Grammar and usage: Glowed is intransitive; the verb normally describes sustained light and is often used with adjectives or prepositional phrases to indicate color or quality, for example, the embers glowed red or the screen glowed brightly. It can also be used metaphorically, as in “The stage lights glowed with warmth,” or “Her face glowed with joy.”

Related forms: The present tense is glow, the past tense is glowed. The noun form is glow. The verb is common in narrative writing and journalism for describing sources of light or a character’s inner warmth. The term is not interchangeable with “glower,” which implies a scowling look rather than emitting light.