verb
- showing a play of colors like that of an opal; displaying iridescent or rainbow-like colors
Usage: present participle of opalesce
Examples
- The soap bubbles were opalescing in the sunlight.
- Oil on water creates an opalescing surface.
- The opalescing wings of the dragonfly caught everyone’s attention.
- Mother-of-pearl has a naturally opalescing quality.
- The artist captured the opalescing colors of the aurora borealis.
- Certain minerals are prized for their opalescing properties.