English Explanatory Dictionary

glow-up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A major and impressive transformation in appearance, talent, power, etc.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-glow-up.wav

Word forms

glow-up glow-ups glowup glow up

Etymology

From glow + up, modelled after such deverbals as blow-up; diachronically, probably not a deverbal from the verb glow up, which was back-formed from the noun.

Antonyms

glow-down

Related words

glow up
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