Something that's illuminating makes you better informed, more aware, or more inspired. An illuminating documentary film gives you all kinds of new information about its subject.
Giving or producing light; used for illumination.
Adjective S.
providing light; "the sun''s illuminating rays"
Adjective
highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying; "an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of information"
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Illuminate
a.
Giving or producing light; used for illumination.
Illuminating
Giving or producing light; used for illumination.
Usage Examples
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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Other Usage ExamplesJust about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away in the cookbook section, just about every cookbook includes recipes for cooking animals. Is there a more illuminating illustration of our paradoxical relationship with the nonhuman world?
Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.