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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
scintillating is an adjective meaning "brilliantly clever". It carries 3 recorded senses.
marked by high spirits or excitement
“his fertile effervescent mind”
“scintillating personality”
“a row of sparkly cheerleaders”
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
“bugle beads all aglitter”
“glinting eyes”
“glinting water”
“his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent”
“shop window full of glittering Christmas trees”
“glittery costume jewelry”
“scintillant mica”
“the scintillating stars”
“a dress with sparkly sequins”
“`glistering' is an archaic term”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for scintillating come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.