glimmering

[glim-er-ing]

noun

1. a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.

2. a faint glimpse or idea; inkling.

adjective

1. shining faintly or unsteadily; shimmering.

Other Word Forms

• glimmeringly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of glimmering¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; glimmer, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

The film continually pushes up against almost being a glimmering rom-com that celebrates wealth and privilege but instead becomes a series of tough conversations on the place of love, money and relationships in contemporary life.

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But the rage, breakup-esque tunes are also paired with glimmering tracks of hope like “Muchas Gracias,” which includes an angelic interlude that poses the eternal question: How does one heal a broken heart?

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Looking up at the glimmering Landmark Pinnacle on London’s Isle of Dogs, it’s hard to crane your neck back far enough to see right to the top.

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One of the best ways to beat the summertime heat is to hike a trail by a glimmering body of water.

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She once convinced me to spend the entire afternoon lying on our backs, in the dirt, beneath an old and glorious oak tree in Franklin Canyon Park, the sun glimmering through the leaves.

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Related Words

• advice 
• announcement 
• clue 
• evidence 
• idea 
• implication 
• impression 
• information 
• inkling 
• intimation 
• mention 
• notion 
• reference 
• reminder 
• scent 
• sign 
• suspicion 
• symptom 
• taste 
• tinge